Literature of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland. Belongs here: the Scandinavian fairy tale and drama tradition, the modern Nordic novel, and the Finnish national epic tradition. Does not belong here: a German-language Central European author, kept separate above despite geographic proximity, because Nordic literary history is its own tradition with its own language family and institutions.
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1. Poetic Edda (Wikipedia)
WikipediaPoetic Edda, Codex Regius dating sentenceQuote, Poetic Edda, Codex Regius dating sentence
The Codex Regius was written during the 13th century, but nothing was known of its whereabouts until 1643, when it came into the possession of Brynjolfur Sveinsson, then Bishop of Skalholt.
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