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Váli

Váli

  • Creator: anonymous
  • Description: Váli with his sword.
  • Source: AM 738 4to
  • Folio or Page: 38v.
  • Medium: ink drawing on paper with coloured ink wash
  • Date: 1680
  • Dimensions (mm): 60 x 65
  • Provenance:
    Árni Magnússon received the manuscript from Magnús Jónsson in Leirá, and he received it from Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir in Bæ. It was previously owned by Sigurður Gíslason in Bæ.
    Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi received the manuscript on September 30, 1991.
  • Rights:
    Images from ÁM 738 4to are displayed with permission from the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum in Iceland. Link to E-manuscript: http://handrit.is/en/manuscript/view/is/AM04-0738 This image was cropped from https://handrit.is/en/manuscript/imaging/is/AM04-0738#page/38v++(87+of+293)/mode/2up.
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    • Identity Number: AM738-38v-01
    • Download size: 1.3 MB
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    AM 738 4to, Edda Oblongata   Prose Edda   Váli, Vali  

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      Secondary Sources

      anonymous
      Váli (non.)
      Vali (en.)
      Váli was the son of Óðinn and the giantess Rindr. He avenged the death of Baldr and was one of the survivors of the Battle of Ragnarök.
      AM 738 4to Edda Oblongata This manuscript is known by its shelf mark AM 738. However, it is also known as the Edda Oblongata because because its height is unusually tall compared to its width. It was created circa 1680 by an unknown scribe.
      Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse mythology and poetics.