The Poetic Edda: Hymir's Poem, Loki's Quarrel, Thrym's Poem, and The Poem of Volund (Mythic Mind)
Join Andrew Snyder and members of the Mythic Mind Fellowship as we work our way through the Poetic Edda. In this conversation, we discuss Hymir's Poem, Loki's Quarrel, Thrym's Poem, and The Poem of Volund.
Thor goes fishing for the World Serpent and carries home a giant's cauldron, Loki insults every god at Aegir's feast, Thor dresses as a bride to win back his stolen hammer, and the smith Volund takes a terrible revenge on the king who lamed him.
Comedy, mockery, and grief all show up in this group. We talk about what these gods get right and wrong about strength, honor, and order, and how their failures leave us longing for a truer King than Thor.
Related:
The Poetic Edda: Voluspa and Havamal (Mythic Mind, ep. 66)
The Poetic Edda: All-wise's Sayings, Helgi Hundingsbani, and Helgi Hiorvardsson (Mythic Mind)
The Poetic Edda: The Whetting of Gudrun to the Waking of Angantyr (Mythic Mind)
Get the book: The Poetic Edda (trans. Carolyne Larrington): https://bookshop.org/a/129785/9780199675340
