Nafnaþulur

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Nafnaþulur is a listing in poetry of various categories, such as gods, giants, people and objects. The poems are preserved in Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda but are thought to have been added to Snorri's original composition and are not always printed in editions of the Edda.

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• Nafnaþulur in Old Norse, two versions
• Nafnaþulur, Old Norse version

v • d • e Norse Paganism and Mythology The Æsir Baldr • Frigg • Heimdall • Hel • Hermóðr • Höðr • Hœnir • Idunn • Loki • Mímir • Odin • Thor • Týr • Ullr • Váli • Viðarr • Vili and Vé The Vanir Freyr • Freyja • Njörðr • Óðr Other races Dís (Norns) • Dwarves • Einherjar • Elves (Light elves • Dark elves) • Giants • Trolls • Valkyries Locations Asgard • Bifröst • Ginnungagap • Hel • Midgard • Muspelheim • Niflheim • Yggdrasil Sources Poetic Edda • Prose Edda • Sagas • Gesta Danorum • Volsung Cycle • Tyrfing Cycle • Runestones • Old Norse language • Orthography • Later influence Origins Germanic paganism Society Viking Age • Skald • Völva • Kenning • Heiti • Blót • Félag • Seid • Runic calendar • Germanic calendar • Numbers • Mead hall See also: Norse gods • People, places and things • Æsir-Vanir War‎ • Ragnarök • Asatru