Entity Sources
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- evidence_type
- {'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
- source_note
- {'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}
63 rows where source_id = "SRC_POETIC_EDDA"
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| Link | entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_NORR_MIMISBRUNNR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,primary text attestation | Well of Mimir (Mímisbrunnr) ENT_NORR_MIMISBRUNNR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_NORR_NINE_WORLDS,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,primary text attestation | The Nine Worlds (Níu Heimar) ENT_NORR_NINE_WORLDS | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_NORR_URDARBRUNNR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,primary text attestation | Well of Urd (Urðarbrunnr) ENT_NORR_URDARBRUNNR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_NORR_VANAHEIM,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,primary text attestation | Vanaheim (Vanaheimr) ENT_NORR_VANAHEIM | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | primary text attestation | attestation |
| ENT_NOR_AEGIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Aegir ENT_NOR_AEGIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Lokasenna, Hymiskviða): Aegir, the sea-giant who feasts the gods. |
| ENT_NOR_AESIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Aesir ENT_NOR_AESIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá, Lokasenna, Vafþrúðnismál, and throughout: the Æsir as the primary Norse divine collective, their assembly (þing), the Aesir-Vanir War; the primary collection of texts describing the Aesir as a group |
| ENT_NOR_ALVISS,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Alvíss ENT_NOR_ALVISS | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_ANDVARI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Andvari ENT_NOR_ANDVARI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_BALDR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Baldr ENT_NOR_BALDR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (Baldr's death prophesied and narrated as a cause of Ragnarök); Baldrs draumar (Odin descends to the underworld to question a seeress about Baldr's dreams); the Baldr myth is one of the richest in the Poetic Edda |
| ENT_NOR_BESTLA,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Bestla ENT_NOR_BESTLA | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_BORR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Borr ENT_NOR_BORR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_DAGR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Dagr ENT_NOR_DAGR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_DELLINGR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Dellingr ENT_NOR_DELLINGR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_DURINN,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Durinn ENT_NOR_DURINN | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_DVALINN,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Dvalinn ENT_NOR_DVALINN | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_DWARVES,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Dwarves ENT_NOR_DWARVES | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (the catalog of dwarves — Dvergatal — is embedded in the poem; dwarves are craftsmen of the cosmos); Alvíssmál (the dwarf Alvíss tests his knowledge against Thor; primary text on dwarves as repository of ancient wisdom and as suitors rejected by the gods) |
| ENT_NOR_EINHERJAR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Einherjar ENT_NOR_EINHERJAR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_FENRIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Fenrir ENT_NOR_FENRIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (at Ragnarök Fenrir breaks his bonds and devours Odin); Lokasenna (Tyr's hand bitten off by Fenrir is mentioned); the wolf's binding and his fate at Ragnarök are primary Eddic subjects |
| ENT_NOR_FREKI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Freki ENT_NOR_FREKI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_FREYJA,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Freyja ENT_NOR_FREYJA | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Þrymskviða (Thor must impersonate Freyja to recover his hammer; her desirability as a bride for giants establishes her mythic status); Hyndluljóð (she questions the giantess Hyndla about her protégé's lineage); Lokasenna (Loki accuses her of sleeping with all gods and elves) |
| ENT_NOR_FREYR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Freyr ENT_NOR_FREYR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Skírnismál: Freyr sends his servant Skírnir to woo the giantess Gerðr; this is the primary text for Freyr's character as a fertility god who gives up his sword for love; Völuspá; Lokasenna |
| ENT_NOR_FRIGG,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Frigg ENT_NOR_FRIGG | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (she and Odin mourn Baldr's death); Lokasenna (Loki accuses her of infidelity); Vafþrúðnismál (she warns Odin about his contest with Vafþrúðnir); her role as Odin's wife and keeper of fate |
| ENT_NOR_GARM,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Garm ENT_NOR_GARM | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Völuspá, Grímnismál): Garm, the hound at the gates of Hel. |
| ENT_NOR_GERI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Geri ENT_NOR_GERI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_GULLVEIG,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Gullveig ENT_NOR_GULLVEIG | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Völuspá 21-22): Gullveig, thrice burnt, and the first war. |
| ENT_NOR_GUNNLOD,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Gunnlöð ENT_NOR_GUNNLOD | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_HATI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Hati ENT_NOR_HATI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_HEL,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Hel ENT_NOR_HEL | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (she receives the dead in Hel below Yggdrasil); Baldrs draumar (the hall of Hel, lavishly decorated for Baldr's reception); Loki is named as her father alongside Fenrir and Jörmungandr |
| ENT_NOR_HOENIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Hœnir ENT_NOR_HOENIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_HUGINN,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Huginn ENT_NOR_HUGINN | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_HYMIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Hymir ENT_NOR_HYMIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_JORMUNGANDR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Jörmungandr ENT_NOR_JORMUNGANDR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (Thor and Jörmungandr kill each other at Ragnarök); Hymiskviða (Thor fishes up the Miðgarðsormr; Hymir cuts the line); the World Serpent encircling the ocean is foundational to the Eddic cosmology |
| ENT_NOR_JOTNAR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Jötnar ENT_NOR_JOTNAR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Throughout the Poetic Edda: the Jötnar (giants) are the primary adversaries and interlocutors of the gods; Vafþrúðnismál (the wise giant), Hymiskviða (Hymir), Þrymskviða (Þrymr), Skírnismál (Gerðr); the Jötnar's cosmic role as the anti-divine power |
| ENT_NOR_LODURR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Lóðurr ENT_NOR_LODURR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_LOKI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Loki ENT_NOR_LOKI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Lokasenna (the primary Loki text: he insults every god at the feast and is then bound); Þrymskviða (helps Thor in the disguise plan); Völuspá (his role in Baldr's death through Höðr; his binding; his liberation at Ragnarök); his children Fenrir, Jörmungandr, Hel are named |
| ENT_NOR_MANI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Máni ENT_NOR_MANI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_MIMIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Mimir ENT_NOR_MIMIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Völuspá 46, Sigrdrífumál): Mimir's well and counselling head. |
| ENT_NOR_MODI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Móði ENT_NOR_MODI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_MOTSOGNIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Mótsognir ENT_NOR_MOTSOGNIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_MUNDILFARI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Mundilfari ENT_NOR_MUNDILFARI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_MUNINN,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Muninn ENT_NOR_MUNINN | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_NIDHOGG,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Níðhöggr ENT_NOR_NIDHOGG | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (Níðhöggr gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil and flies away at Ragnarök carrying corpses in his wings); Grímnismál (he chews the roots of Yggdrasil alongside the serpents); the primary attestations for this figure |
| ENT_NOR_NJORD,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Njord ENT_NOR_NJORD | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Lokasenna (Loki accuses Njord of siring children with his sister; Njord defends himself as clean and useful); Vafþrúðnismál (the Vanir origin of Njord is discussed; he will return to Vanaheim at Ragnarök); Völuspá |
| ENT_NOR_NORNS,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Norns ENT_NOR_NORNS | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (three great Norns carve on wooden slips and assign destinies at the well of Urðr; named as Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld); Fáfnismál and Sigrdrífumál (other Norns mentioned); the primary Eddic source for the Norns as fate-spinners |
| ENT_NOR_NOTT,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Nótt ENT_NOR_NOTT | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_ODIN,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Odin ENT_NOR_ODIN | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá, Hávamál, Grímnismál, Baldrs draumar, Lokasenna; the high god across virtually every eddic poem; his self-sacrifice on Yggdrasil (Hávamál 138-141), acquisition of runes, and foreknowledge of Ragnarök are attested here in their primary form |
| ENT_NOR_RATATOSKR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Ratatoskr ENT_NOR_RATATOSKR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_SAGA,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Sága ENT_NOR_SAGA | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_SKIRNIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Skírnir ENT_NOR_SKIRNIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_SKOLL,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Sköll ENT_NOR_SKOLL | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_SKULD,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Skuld ENT_NOR_SKULD | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Völuspá 20): Skuld, the Norn of the future. |
| ENT_NOR_SLEIPNIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Sleipnir ENT_NOR_SLEIPNIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_SOL,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Sól ENT_NOR_SOL | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_SURTR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Surtr ENT_NOR_SURTR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Völuspá 52); Prose Edda: Surtr, who burns the world at Ragnarök. |
| ENT_NOR_THOR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Thor ENT_NOR_THOR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Hymiskviða (wrestling the Miðgarðsormr, retrieving the cauldron from Hymir); Þrymskviða (Mjölnir stolen by Þrymr; recovery in disguise); Lokasenna; Völuspá (Ragnarök: Thor kills Jörmungandr then falls dead) |
| ENT_NOR_THRYM,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Thrym ENT_NOR_THRYM | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Þrymskviða): Thrym steals Thor's hammer. |
| ENT_NOR_TYR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Tyr ENT_NOR_TYR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Hymiskviða (Tyr and Thor visit the giant Hymir; Tyr is named as Hymir's son in this poem); Lokasenna (Tyr loses a hand to Fenrir; Loki mocks him); Sigrdrífumál (victory runes named after Tyr) |
| ENT_NOR_URD,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Urd ENT_NOR_URD | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Völuspá 20): Urd, eldest of the three Norns. |
| ENT_NOR_VAFTHRUDNIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Vafþrúðnir ENT_NOR_VAFTHRUDNIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Attested in the Poetic Edda. |
| ENT_NOR_VALKYRIES,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Valkyries ENT_NOR_VALKYRIES | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (Valkyries ride to choose the slain); Grímnismál (names of Valkyries serving mead in Valhalla); the Sigurðr-cycle hero lays (Brynhildr as a fallen Valkyrie, Sigrún, Sváfa); the primary texts for Valkyrie mythology |
| ENT_NOR_VANIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Vanir ENT_NOR_VANIR | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (the first war was between Aesir and Vanir; hostages exchanged); Vafþrúðnismál (Njord among the Vanir); the Aesir-Vanir War is narrated in Völuspá and discussed throughout; the Vanir are identified as Freyr, Freyja, and Njord |
| ENT_NOR_VERDANDI,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Verdandi ENT_NOR_VERDANDI | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Poetic Edda (Völuspá 20): Verdandi, the Norn of the present. |
| ENT_NOR_YGGDRASIL,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,direct attestation | Yggdrasil ENT_NOR_YGGDRASIL | Poetic Edda SRC_POETIC_EDDA | direct attestation | Völuspá (Yggdrasil described at the center of the cosmological vision; the well of Urðr, the Norns, the eagle and the serpent); Grímnismál 29-35 (Yggdrasil's three roots and the beings that dwell there — the most detailed Eddic cosmological description); the primary texts for the World Tree |
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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
[entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
[source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
[evidence_type] TEXT,
[source_note] TEXT,
PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);