Icelandic Manuscript, SÁM 66
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SÁM 66 (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi) is an 18th-century manuscript now at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Iceland. Reference information and a copy of this manuscript can be found online.[1] This book was written in Iceland in 1765 and 1766.[1] The back cover is dated 1765. The text follows that of earlier manuscripts and printed books.[2] However the book contains a nice collection of illustrated pages on pages 73-80 (many of which are reproduced below).
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Odin riding Sleipnir -
Fenrisulfr bites Týr's hand off. -
Thor and Hymir go fishing for the Midgard Serpent. -
Hermod rides to Hel -
Odin gets Baugi to drill into the mountain to get at the mead of poetry. -
The mead of poetry is delivered -
Three gods trying to boil some food as related in the Haustlöng.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Melsteðs-Edda | Manuscript | Handrit.is". handrit.is. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Snorra Edda 1665, Calendarium MDCLXIII.
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