Ragnarsdrápa
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Ragnarsdrápa is a skaldic poem attributed to the oldest known skald, Bragi inn gamli Boddason, who lived in the 9th century. Bragi describes the myths depicted on a decorated shield given to him by a
One of the decorations on Ragnarr's shield probably showed Thor's fishing trip. This illustration of the scene is from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript.
Skald
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A skald, or skáld, is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry. Skaldic poems were traditi
Bersi Skáldtorfuson, in chains, composing poetry after he was captured by King Óláfr Haraldsson (illustration by Christian Krohg for an 1899 edition of Heimskringla)
A minstrel sings of famous deeds by J. R. Skelton, c. 1910
Snorri Sturluson, illustration by Christian Krohg (1899)