Friday, March 29, 2024

Mar 29– From The Lay of Helgi” and “The Lay Of Sigrdrifa” from The Poetic Edda translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris

 Spear and Magic Helmet!

Mar 29– From The Lay of Helgi” and “The Lay Of Sigrdrifa” from The Poetic Edda translated by  Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris

Summary: Undead horse riders? A guy rising from the grave?

Commentary: These are interesting, but without any context I don't really know what's going on. I'm not sure why we got the end of one selection and the start of the other instead of all of one. 

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