Poetic Edda - Allusions and Quotations

Allusions and Quotations

  • As noted above, the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson makes much use of the Poetic Edda.
  • The Volsungasaga is a prose Germanic version of much of the Niflung cycle of poems. Due to several missing pages in the Codex Regius, the Volsungasaga is the oldest source for the Norse version of much of the story of Sigurð. Only four stanzas found on those pages are still extant, all of which are quoted in the Volsungasaga.

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