What are examples of Old Norse literature?
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The surviving body of literature can best be discussed as consisting of several types. Eddic writings (see Edda ) were condensations of ancient lays, in alliterative verse (see alliteration ), on old gods and heroes. Many of the heroic lays involve the legend of Siegfried and Brunhild ; the mythological lays, focusing on Norse gods, include "The Lay of Thrym," a narrative about Thor, and "The Seeress' Prophecy," which begins with creation and anticipates the gods' demise... Also composed in alliterative verse, but more complex and artificial in form, was scaldic poetry, which flourished in Norway about the 10th cent. and reached its height slightly later in Iceland... As scaldic poetry declined, new forms rose to replace it, among them the ballad and the sacred hymn... Historical writing of the 11th and 12th cent. is also noteworthy... Finally, all the Scandinavian countries produced medieval ballads, but these were not written down until much later.
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