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Poetic Edda - Grimnir's sayings [extract]
Identifier
007086
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
In Norse mythology, the eagle was the intelligence behind all of creation.
A description of the experience
The Poetic Edda
from the First poem of Helgi Hundingsbani
It was a long time ago that the eagles shrieked;
the sacred waters poured down from Himinfell;
The Poetic Edda
from Grimnir's sayings
Gald and Golden, Glassy and Skeidbrimir
Silvertuft asnd Sinir
Brilliant and Hidden hoof, Goldtuft and Lightfoot
these horses the Aesir ride
every day, when they ride to sit as judges
at the ash of Yggdrasil
…
Ratatosk is the squirrels name, who has to run
upon the ash of Yggdrasil
the eagle's word he must bring from above
and tell to Nidhogg below