SOURCE: Hallberg, Peter. “Elements of Imagery in the Poetic Edda.” In Edda: A Collection of Essays, edited by Robert J. Glendinning and Haraldur Bessason, pp. 47-85. Winnipeg, Can.: University of Manitoba Press, 1983.
In the following essay, Hallberg surveys and analyzes the various modes of metaphorical language employed in the poetry of the Elder Edda, identifying the aesthetic and thematic functions of mythological and heroic kennings, as well as examining other forms of imagery, epithet, and linguistic parallelism.
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