SOURCE: Haugen, Einar. “The Edda as Ritual: Odin and His Masks.” In Edda: A Collection of Essays, edited by Robert J. Glendinning and Haraldur Bessason, pp. 3-24. Winnipeg, Can.: University of Manitoba Press, 1983.
In the following essay, Haugen focuses on Odin, a central mythological figure in Eddic verse, in order to discern “the religious beliefs and practices of the Germanic tribes” he embodies.
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