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iNTEObUCTlOlt. 67
is clothed in the form of a dialogue between the mythic
King Gylfi of Sweden and the ^Esir Har, Jafnhar
and Thridji (the High^ the Equally Sigh, and the
T^ird). It is mainly derived from the p«etic Edda,
being in reality little else than a paraphrase of the
principal mythic poems of the Edda and some other
lays, joined together and modified by the explana-
tions and obscurations of the Editor.
2. Braga-rseSr^-Bragi's Speech, a conversation
between the god of Poetry and the Sea-god ^gir,
in which the former relates many things about the
deeds and destinies of the gods, as, the Eape of •
Iduna, the Origin of Poetry, (fee,