Updates & now a part of Hyldyr
Mimisbrunnr.info is currently seeing a lot of updates and the site might look a bit odd here and there while we transfer elements of the site to a new editor. Additionally, Mimisbrunnr.info is now under the umbrella of Hyldyr, an independent and folklore-focused publishing house that combines the efforts of artists and academics.
New translation: "Litla Skálda" by Lyonel Perabo, Denise Vast, and Ann Sheffield
Mimisbrunnr.info is pleased to host a new translation of the Old Icelandic “Litla Skálda” by Lyonel Perabo, Denise Vast, and Ann Sheffield.
New translation: "Lokrur" as rendered by Ann Sheffield, Denise Vast, and Lyonel Perabo
To date rarely translated in its entirety, we’re very pleased to be able to offer a fantastic new (and free!) edition of Lokrur rendered by Ann Sheffield, Denise Vast, and Lyonel Perabo here on Mimisbrunnr.info.
New KSD entry: "Symbols Used by Nazi Germany, Neo-Nazis, and/or Far-Right Extremists"
While the Mimisbrunnr.info project primarily focuses on approaching the historic record associated with ancient speakers of Germanic languages, we now and then also touch on modern topics, including contemporary symbols inspired by the ancient Germanic record. In this entry, we take a hard look at symbols used (or mistakenly thought to have been used) by Nazi Germany and related contemporary groups.
Eddic to English: Edward Pettit's 2023 translation of the Poetic Edda
Eddic to English covers the first new English translation of the Poetic Edda since 2015, Edward Pettit’s The Poetic Edda: A Dual Language Edition.
"The Comparative Vǫluspá" is Now Available for Use
Vǫluspá is the most widely studied and celebrated poem in the Old Norse corpus. However, readers who own a few different translations of it know how different they can be from one another.
Translators also greatly benefit from comparing their rendering decisions who those who came before them, and students of the poems regularly seek out discussion of the poem's tightly-packed stanzas, particularly some of its more troublesome items.
Introducing "The Comparative Vǫluspá"
The Old Norse poem Vǫluspá is perhaps the most famous and widely studied Old Norse poem. However, to date it has been difficult and time consuming to quickly compare the many English language translations the poem. To help remedy this problem, we’re happy to announce that we are introducing a new resource: The Comparative Vǫluspá.
New Illustrated Tree Model of the Germanic Languages
To assist readers confused by the many languages and dialects regularly discussed throughout the Mimisbrunnr.info project, artist Rim M. has created an illustrated new tree model of the Germanic languages.
Now Online: New Stylized and Direct Translations of "Lokka Táttur", the Faroese 'Tale of Loki'
We at Mimisbrunnr.info are very pleased to announce the completion of two new translations of “Lokka Táttur”, the Faroese tale of Loki. These editions are now online for your reading pleasure.
On the Shapes of Gods: Historic Depictions of Ancient Germanic Deities & the Imagery of Mimisbrunnr.info
Mimisbrunnr.info’s On the Shapes of Gods aims to meet two primary goals: First, to explain Mimisbrunnr.info’s approach to the original art that appears throughout the project and, second, to make the daunting and often confusing historical record’s depictions of ancient Germanic deities a little more approachable for artists, authors, and other creatives who wish to draw from it.
The Grimmdex
Throughout the 1880s, James Stallybrass published “Teutonic Mythology”, a four volume edition of iconic scholar Jacob Grimm’s immensely influential “Deutsche Mythologie”. Frequently discussed by scholars to this day, the text is notoriously difficult to approach. The Grimmdex aims to make “Teutonic Mythology” more accessible by greatly expanding the resource’s table of contents.
Museum Resources: Digital Collection Catalogues
Museums throughout Europe house the most important objects studied by scholars active in the field of Ancient Germanic studies. As of 2021, many larger museums in the region make their collections available to the public for free online. The present resource consists of a list of museum websites that contain such catalogues.