Sólarljóð
Sign in to saveThe Sólarljóð (The Song of the Sun) is an Old Norse poem, written in Iceland ca 1200. It is written in the traditional metric style of the Poetic Edda, but with content from Christian visionary poems.
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- Bjarne Fidjestøl
- First published
- 1979
- Editions
- 1
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- Civilization, Medieval, in literature, History and criticism, Old Norse poetry, Sólarljóð
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The Sólarljóð (The Song of the Sun) is an Old Norse poem, written in Iceland ca 1200. It is written in the traditional metric style of the Poetic Edda, but with content from Christian visionary poems.
The poem is anonymous, even though it is in some manuscripts assigned to Sæmund. In 82 ljóðaháttr stanzas it gives a narrative, in which a deceased father is addressing his son from another world. The father doesn't reveal his identity until the last stanzas.
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