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ID: 901002039
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002039
Record Type: Literature

Hávamál (poem, Viking, 13th century)

Note: Poem comprising several shorter poems as compiled in the Codex Regius, a collection of Old Norse poems from the Viking age and attributed to the god Odin. The poem expresses, in aphorisms, advice for living, proper conduct, and wisdom.

Display Date: documented in 13th century

Names:
Hávamál (poem, Viking, 13th century) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Named written and performed works> (P)
........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
............Hávamál (poem, Viking, 13th century) (I)
Related Iconography:
author is .... Odin
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Norse iconography, Norse characters, Odin (Norse deity)) [901002354]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... poem
.....(poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... aphorism
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Hávamál (poem, Viking, 13th century)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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