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3 unusual facts about Hákonarmál


Battle of Fitjar

Hákonarmál is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of king Haakon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla.

Hákonarmál

The last stanza is clearly related to a stanza from Hávamál.

This poem emulates Eiríksmál and is intended to depict the Christian Hákon as a friend to the pagan gods.


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