The Saga of Vanadís, Völva and Valkyrja

y the last name. When referring to the work of people of other nationalities I will use the
full name or last, as English language and reference culture suggests.
When quoting the old literature I will not refer to any specific publication and
page, but to the poem, saga and/or book, and chapter or stanza number, and if necessary I
will mention the manuscript. This is because there are many Islandic editions of each and
numerous translations. If for some reason a translation is not mine I will give reference
for the translation.
Examples:
Þar munu eftir
undursamligar
gullnar töflur
í grasi finnask,
þær er í árdaga
áttar höfðu.
Völuspá, st. 62
Codex Regius
There they again
wondrous will find,
the golden tablets
in the grass,
those they owned
in olden days.
Lying in the grass
they find them again
the golden tablets,
the wonder filled;
as they had them before
in most ancient times.
(Metzner 1994,p. 262)
There afterwards
will be found in the grass
the wonderful golden checkers
those which they possessed
in the ancient times
(Larrington 1996, p. 12)
"Dóttir Njarðar var Freyja. Hún var blótgyðja. Hún kenndi fyrst með Ásum seið sem Vönum var
títt." (Heimskringla, Ynglingasaga, ch. 4)
"The daughter of Njörður was Freyja. She was a blótgyðja 9 (high-priestess). She was the first to
teach seiður to the Æsir, as was common among the Vanir."
In the following text I capitalize Goddess when talking about her as the one
goddess, archetype or power, like in Goddess religion and Great Goddess. When I use the
word as a synonym for many goddesses, I don’t use capitals. The same with the word
god/God. I sometimes use the feminine she/her when referring to both genders, instead of
the traditional masculine he/his/him or the sometimes awkward he/she, which I however
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