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Poetic Edda - Sayings of the High One [extract]
Identifier
008211
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
The Poetic Edda
from Sayings of the High One
No man is completely wretched, even if he has bad luck;
one man is blessed with sons
another with kinsmen, another has enough money
another has done great deeds
It is better to live than not to be alive
it's the living man who gets the cow;
I saw fire blaze up for the wealthy man
and he was dead outside the door
The lame man rides a horse, the handless man drives herds
the deaf man fights and succeeds;
to be blind is better than to be burnt
a corpse is of no use to anyone