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Chapter 10


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THE SECOND HELGI-LAY IN ITS RELATION TO OTHER EDDIC POEMS.

        The Second Helgi lay shows the influence of the Wayland lay (Völundarkviða), probably also that of the Second Guthrún lay (Guðrúnarkviða, II). In its turn, it affected several of the Eddic poems---Brot af Sigurðarkviðu, the complete Sigurth lay, and the First Guthrún-lay; probably also Oddrúnargrátr, Hyndluljóð, and Atlamál. (1)
        This shows us that the Second Lay was composed under conditions similar, with regard to external influences, to those which affected the First Lay. These two lays, then, consist of several parts or fragments belonging, so to speak, to the same literary school, traditionally associated with one another. The verses of the Second Lay are, however, somewhat older than those of the First Lay, since the author of the latter was influenced by them. We get the impression that the younger lay was composed perhaps half a century after the older.

1.        For the detailed discussion on which these statements are based, see Appendix IV.


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