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The Hávamál is a well loved resource of verses that gives guidance on how a Norse Pagan can live a more balanced life through the wisdom and insight of our ancestors. Although it was written in the 13th century, Modern day Heathens can still gain guidance into how to live each day wisely in the 21st century.
This is The Asatru Community, Inc's compilation; and was put together as a volume to give to all the Heathen military men and women who honor our community and this country with their brave acts of service.
It has taken many months to publish this version of the poem found in the Codex Regius, and we hope that it gives comfort and inspiration to our men and women in uniform who work tirelessly to ensure that freedom and liberty remain available to all; which follows very much in step with the mindset and ideals of our Norse forebears: Independence, adaptation, perseverance, and overcoming adversity.
Olive Bray
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Olive Bray The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 28, No. 4, Oct., 1929 reviewed Olive Bray's translation of The Poetic Edda, stating: 'Miss Bray's work is eminently satisfactory: she possesses a scholar's knowledge of the subject (though she was by no means a specialist in the field); and she had poetic ability of a high order. She nearly always succeeded in reproducing the poetry and the spirit of the old lays and she adhered to the metrical form; to do these things she did not hesitate, to depart from rules of alliteration or sometimes to disregard alliteration entirely. '
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