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<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/V%25C3%25B6lusp%25C3%25A1/tpgS2vlE">Völuspá</a></i></td><td>(Prophecy of the Völva)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/H%25C3%25A1vam%25C3%25A1l/ENAuWPuE">Hávamál</a></i></td><td>(Sayings of the High One)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Vaf%25C3%25BEr%25C3%25BA%25C3%25B0nism%25C3%25A1l/Fu9MUl1X">Vafþrúðnismál</a></i></td><td>(Vafþrúðnir's sayings)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Gr%25C3%25ADmnism%25C3%25A1l/F14mKWrd">Grímnismál</a></i></td><td>(Sayings of Grímnir)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sk%25C3%25ADrnism%25C3%25A1l/lvcgBA09">Skírnismál</a></i></td><td>(Sayings of Skírnir)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/H%25C3%25A1rbar%25C3%25B0slj%25C3%25B3%25C3%25B0/9TJhlWKQ">Hárbarðsljóð</a></i></td><td>(Lay of Hárbarðr)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hymiskvi%25C3%25B0a/FEPFPeVR">Hymiskviða</a></i></td><td>(Hymir's poem)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Lokasenna/1A7yyBDN">Lokasenna</a></i></td><td>(Loki's quarrel)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/%25C3%259Erymskvi%25C3%25B0a/1RDRseCg">Þrymskviða</a></i></td><td>(Thrym's poem)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/V%25C3%25B6lundarkvi%25C3%25B0a/QqNWHcP9">Völundarkviða</a></i></td><td>(Völundr's poem)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Alv%25C3%25ADssm%25C3%25A1l/WsDsTI37">Alvíssmál</a></i></td><td>(Talk of Alvíss)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Helgakvi%25C3%25B0a_Hundingsbana_I/RcMTBBD8">Helgakviða Hundingsbana I</a></i></td><td>(First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Helgakvi%25C3%25B0a_Hj%25C3%25B6rvar%25C3%25B0ssonar/Cl7WCkb6">Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar</a></i></td><td>(Lay of Helgi Hjörvarðsson)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Helgakvi%25C3%25B0a_Hundingsbana_II/GRlp3Tuk">Helgakviða Hundingsbana II</a></i></td><td>(Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Fr%25C3%25A1_dau%25C3%25B0a_Sinfj%25C3%25B6tla/lRfvKqGE">Frá dauða Sinfjötla</a></i></td><td>(On the death of Sinfjötli)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Gr%25C3%25ADpissp%25C3%25A1/7VuK35rc">Grípisspá</a></i></td><td>(Grípir's prophecy)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Reginsm%25C3%25A1l/shaVJBMm">Reginsmál</a></i></td><td>(Reginn's sayings)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/F%25C3%25A1fnism%25C3%25A1l/HM2573ym">Fáfnismál</a></i></td><td>(Fáfnir's sayings)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sigrdr%25C3%25ADfum%25C3%25A1l/9Pfvd644">Sigrdrífumál</a></i></td><td>(Sigrdrífa sayings)</td></tr><tr><td>The <a href="/facts/Great_Lacuna/GupkCnQT">Great Lacuna</a></td><td>A <a href="/facts/Lacuna_(manuscripts)/cQ1TQ61x">lacuna</a>, not a portion of the text</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Brot_af_Sigur%25C3%25B0arkvi%25C3%25B0u/Y7hXhcCa">Brot af Sigurðarkviðu</a></i></td><td>(The Broken off Lay of Sigurd)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Gu%25C3%25B0r%25C3%25BAnarkvi%25C3%25B0a_I/4rJ2XPFs">Guðrúnarkviða I</a></i></td><td>(First Lay of Guðrún)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sigur%25C3%25B0arkvi%25C3%25B0a_hin_skamma/TrdkV6vB">Sigurðarkviða hin skamma</a></i></td><td>(The Short Lay of Sigurd)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Helrei%25C3%25B0_Brynhildar/Dsm3d5kN">Helreið Brynhildar</a></i></td><td>(Brynhild's Hel-Ride)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Dr%25C3%25A1p_Niflunga/xyxVfaG1">Dráp Niflunga</a></i></td><td>(Niflungs' Killing)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Gu%25C3%25B0r%25C3%25BAnarkvi%25C3%25B0a_II/FdkfneYt">Guðrúnarkviða II</a></i></td><td>(The Second Lay of Gudrún)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Gu%25C3%25B0r%25C3%25BAnarkvi%25C3%25B0a_III/jITGFHKa">Guðrúnarkviða III</a></i></td><td>(The Third Lay of Gudrún)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Oddr%25C3%25BAnargr%25C3%25A1tr/29ztcoVx">Oddrúnargrátr</a></i></td><td>(Oddrún's Lament)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Atlakvi%25C3%25B0a/SzvfIpcz">Atlakviða</a></i></td><td>(The Lay of Atli)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Atlam%25C3%25A1l/jAUufNqW">Atlamál</a></i></td><td>(The Greenlandic Lay of Atli)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Gu%25C3%25B0r%25C3%25BAnarhv%25C3%25B6t/TjI3UacI">Guðrúnarhvöt</a></i></td><td>(Guðrún's Cause)</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Ham%25C3%25B0ism%25C3%25A1l/BESf2KUb">Hamðismál</a></i></td><td>(Talk of Hamðir)</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="in-popular-culture">In popular culture</h2> <ul><li>Codex Regius is the subject of a thriller by the Icelandic writer <a href="/facts/Arnaldur_Indridason/g6Szg9Ul">Arnaldur Indridason</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Michael_Haneke/nfQ9T2YY">Michael Haneke</a> stated that the title of his 2003 film <i><a href="/facts/Time_of_the_Wolf/yT5REPr3">Time of the Wolf</a></i> was taken from the <i>Codex Regius,</i> specifically from the “Prophecy of the Völva.”<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Werner_Herzog/PqMzTjEw">Werner Herzog</a> reads aloud an English translation of one poem in his 2016 film <i><a href="/facts/Into_the_Inferno_(film)/C0y4dxz8">Into the Inferno</a></i>.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/CODEXREGIUS.html">Finnur Jónsson's Facsimile Edition of 1891</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.am.hi.is/WebView/?fl=20">Stafrænt handritasafn</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060213004529/http://www.am.hi.is/WebView/?fl=20">Archived</a> 2006-02-13 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (Photographs)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005112924/http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/LegendsSagas/Edda/PoeticEdda/Index.htm#en#en">CyberSamurai Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology: Lieder-Edda </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005112924/http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/nordic_gods/LegendsSagas/Edda/PoeticEdda/Index.htm#ice#ice">CyberSamurai Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology: Lieder-Edda (Old-Nordic)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Codex Regius - Icelandic literature". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved March 9, 2019. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Codex-Regius" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Codex-Regius</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Codex Regius - Icelandic literature". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved March 9, 2019. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Codex-Regius" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Codex-Regius</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Codex Regius - Icelandic literature". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved March 9, 2019. <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Codex-Regius" target="_blank">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Codex-Regius</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Greenfield, Jeanette (26 January 1996). The Return of Cultural Treasures. Cambridge University Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780521477468. <a href="9780521477468" target="_blank">9780521477468</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Dodds, Jeramy (27 October 2014). The Poetic Edda. Coach House Books. p. 12. ISBN 9781770563858. <a href="9781770563858" target="_blank">9781770563858</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Marie Marvier, “The Apocalypse According to Michael,” Synopsis vol. 27 (September-October 2003), p. 71. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>