Flyting
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Flyting or fliting, is a contest consisting of the exchange of insults between two parties, often conducted in verse.
1545 woodcut by Lucas Cranach referencing (and possibly illustrating) flyting. German peasants respond to a papal bull of Pope Paul III. Caption reads: "Don't frighten us Pope, with your ban, and don't be such a furious man. Otherwise we shall turn around and show you our rears."
The Norse gods Freyja and Loki flyte in an illustration (1895) by Lorenz Frølich
Lokasenna
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Lokasenna is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda. The poem presents flyting between the gods and Loki. It is written in the ljóðaháttr metre, typical for wisdom verse. Lokasenna is believed to be a 10th-century poem.
A depiction of Loki quarreling with the gods (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.