The Eddas
The Norse gods behind the designs
Seven figures from the Poetic Edda and Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda, both written down in Iceland in the thirteenth century from older tradition. Each page tells what those texts say, names its source, and shows the pieces that carry the figure.
- Odin ÓðinnThe All-Father and his ravens
- Thor ÞórrThunder, and the hammer Mjolnir
- Freyja FreyjaLady of the Vanir, who chooses half the slain
- Tyr TýrThe god who gave his hand to bind the wolf
- Loki LokiThe trickster at the gods’ table
- The Valkyries ValkyrjurChoosers of the slain
- The Einherjar EinherjarThe chosen warriors of Valhalla