The Norse Creation Myth
An Old Norse specialist looks at what the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda have to say about how the world and living beings were made.
Dr. Jackson Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder (formerly UC Berkeley and UCLA). He is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, and Norwegian. Visit
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