LOKASENNA
Loki's Wrangling
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
The Lokasenna is found only in Regius, where it follows the Hymiskvitha; Snorri quotes four lines of it, grouped together as a single stanza.
The poem is one of the most vigorous of the entire collection, and seems to have been preserved in exceptionally good condition. The exchange or contest of insults was dear to the Norse heart, and the...
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Loki's Wrangling
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
The Lokasenna is found only in Regius, where it follows the Hymiskvitha; Snorri quotes four lines of it, grouped together as a single stanza.
The poem is one of the most vigorous of the entire collection, and seems to have been preserved in exceptionally good condition. The exchange or contest of insults was dear to the Norse heart, and the...
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HYMISKVITHA
The Lay of Hymir
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Hymiskvitha is found complete in both manuscripts; in Regius it follows the Harbarthsljoth, while in the Arnamagnan Codex it comes after the Grimnismol. Snorri does not quote it, although he tells the main story involved.
The poem is a distinctly inferior piece of work, obviously based on various narrative fragments, awkwardly pieced together. Some critics, Jessen and...
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The Lay of Hymir
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Hymiskvitha is found complete in both manuscripts; in Regius it follows the Harbarthsljoth, while in the Arnamagnan Codex it comes after the Grimnismol. Snorri does not quote it, although he tells the main story involved.
The poem is a distinctly inferior piece of work, obviously based on various narrative fragments, awkwardly pieced together. Some critics, Jessen and...
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VAFTHRUTHNISMOL
The Ballad of Vafthruthnir
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Vafthruthnismol follows the Hovamol in the Codex Regius. From stanza 20 on it is also included in the Arnamagnan Codex, the first part evidently having appeared on leaf now lost. Snorri quotes eight stanzas of it in the Prose Edda, and in his prose text closely paraphrases many others.
The poem is wholly in dialogue form except...
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The Ballad of Vafthruthnir
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Vafthruthnismol follows the Hovamol in the Codex Regius. From stanza 20 on it is also included in the Arnamagnan Codex, the first part evidently having appeared on leaf now lost. Snorri quotes eight stanzas of it in the Prose Edda, and in his prose text closely paraphrases many others.
The poem is wholly in dialogue form except...
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VAFTHRUTHNISMOL
The Ballad of Vafthruthnir
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Vafthruthnismol follows the Hovamol in the Codex Regius. From stanza 20 on it is also included in the Arnamagnan Codex, the first part evidently having appeared on leaf now lost. Snorri quotes eight stanzas of it in the Prose Edda, and in his prose text closely paraphrases many others.
The poem is wholly in dialogue form except...
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The Ballad of Vafthruthnir
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
The Vafthruthnismol follows the Hovamol in the Codex Regius. From stanza 20 on it is also included in the Arnamagnan Codex, the first part evidently having appeared on leaf now lost. Snorri quotes eight stanzas of it in the Prose Edda, and in his prose text closely paraphrases many others.
The poem is wholly in dialogue form except...
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The Havamal(the sayings of the high one)
1. At every doorway,
ere one enters,
one should spy round,
one should pry round
for uncertain is the witting
that there be no foeman sitting,
within, before one on the floor
2. Hail, ye Givers! a guest is come;
say! where shall he sit within?
Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth
would seek for...
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1. At every doorway,
ere one enters,
one should spy round,
one should pry round
for uncertain is the witting
that there be no foeman sitting,
within, before one on the floor
2. Hail, ye Givers! a guest is come;
say! where shall he sit within?
Much pressed is he who fain on the hearth
would seek for...
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a half gallon of ancient age and 2 kinds of hamburger helper. LIFE IS GOOD
what loki reaps,
i proclaim he shall not sow;
looking to harvest the souls of the asa faithful.
speak not his name,
only to pursue temtations embrace,
lest ye be exhumed forever more.
hangagud marka sik geirs-oddi,
thine only means of deliverance;
forget not the runes proccurement ,
begot of agony,
and of self sacrifice.......himself given unto himself
but what of those would be usurers...
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i proclaim he shall not sow;
looking to harvest the souls of the asa faithful.
speak not his name,
only to pursue temtations embrace,
lest ye be exhumed forever more.
hangagud marka sik geirs-oddi,
thine only means of deliverance;
forget not the runes proccurement ,
begot of agony,
and of self sacrifice.......himself given unto himself
but what of those would be usurers...
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synthe:
I sort of forgot to tell you a loooong time ago when I friended you, you fucking own! 
There is an interesting kind of practice found in many countries in the eastern hemisphere of the world that are not religious (as the word is generally used in Western societies) but are spiritual nonetheless. They tend to be centered around cultivating those aspects of the spirit that will best give the practitioner an advantage in the physical world. Some of these practices involve attaining...
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yin:
Congrats on the first entry! Make them shorter next 