Krákumál

Krákumál

" with stanzas of ten lines.

With a moving and forceful language, the poem deals with the joys of the life of a warrior, the hope that his death will be followed by a gory revenge, and the knowledge that he will soon know the pleasures of Valhalla.

The poem has been translated into several languages and it has contributed to the modern image of a Viking warrior.

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* [http://www.heimskringla.no/original/skaldekvad/krakumal.php Krákumál] in Old Norse from «Kulturformidlingen norrøne tekster og kvad» Norway.
* [http://runeberg.org/nfbn/0630.html Nordisk familjebok on Krákumál]
* [http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/sounds/krakumal.html Haukur Þorgeirsson on the poem with a recording]

Other external links

* [http://www.heimskringla.no/original/skaldekvad/krakumal.php Krákumál] Old Norse
* [http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/reader/krakm.html Another page by Haukur Þorgeirsson with a glossary]
* [http://www.northvegr.org/lore/sagas_oi/115.php Northvegr's edition]
* [http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/krml.html Two editions back to back]


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