{"product_id":"the-comparative-sigrdrifumal","title":"The Comparative Sigrdrífumál","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Comparative Sigrdrífumál\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorical Rune Magic, Advice from a Valkyrie \u0026amp; A Pagan Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Thorpe, Henry Adams Bellows, \u0026amp; Lee M. Hollander\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2025\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHyldyr\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e131 pp\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoftcover First Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinguistically dated to the late pagan period of the Viking Age, \u003cem\u003eSigrdrífumál\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating poem that features the voice of a valkyrie, here called Sigrdrífa (meaning ‘victory-driver; victory-bringer’). Awoken from her thorn-induced slumber, the valkyrie recites a pagan prayer to the gods before offering a horn of drink and feverishly reciting intense wisdom and runic magic to the hero. Preserved in a fragmentary state, the poem is enigmatic not only for its mysticism and insight into the Younger Futhark, the Viking Age development of the runic alphabet, but also for the Hávamál-like wisdom it provides cloaked in ethereal and uncanny imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hyldyr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67709574873333,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/9201\/4325\/files\/IMG_3593.jpg?v=1792111005","url":"https:\/\/darkstarmagick.com\/products\/the-comparative-sigrdrifumal","provider":"Dark Star Magick","version":"1.0","type":"link"}