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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Sól 56VII

[5] inn hreina mjöð ‘the pure mead’: Larrington (2002, 189) notes that mead, well and horn are symbolic of wisdom in mythological poetry, in particular where they appear together in Sigrdr 13-18; here they also have positive associations.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Larrington, Carolyne. 2002. ‘Freyja and the Organ-Stool: Neo-paganism in Sólarljóð’. In Brogyanyi et al. 2002, 177-96.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()

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