The Poetic Edda

Mythological poems

• Völuspá (The Prophecy of the Seeress)

  66 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Hávamál (The Sayings of the High One)

  164 stanzas · ljóðaháttr (mainly)

• Vafþrúðnismál (The Lay of Vafthrudnir)

  55 stanzas · ljóðaháttr

• Grímnismál (The Lay of Grimnir)

  54 stanzas · ljóðaháttr (with málaháttr elements)

• Skírnismál (The Lay of Skirnir)

  42 stanzas · ljóðaháttr

• Hárbarðsljóð (The Lay of Harbard)

  60 stanzas · málaháttr (mixed, partly prose)

• Hymiskviða (The Lay of Hymir)

  39 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Lokasenna (Loki's Quarrel)

  65 stanzas · ljóðaháttr

• Þrymskviða (The Lay of Thrym)

  32 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Völundarkviða (The Lay of Volund)

  41 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Alvíssmál (The Lay of Alvis)

  35 stanzas · ljóðaháttr

Heroic poems

Additions (Eddica minora)

• Baldrs draumar (Baldr's Dreams)

  14 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Rígsþula (The Lay of Rig)

  48 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Hyndluljóð (The Lay of Hyndla)

  51 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Grottasöngr (The Song of Grotti)

  24 stanzas · fornyrðislag

• Svipdagsmál (The Lay of Svipdag (Grógaldr + Fjölsvinnsmál))

  66 stanzas · ljóðaháttr