Baldrs draumar (
Baldr's dreams) or Vegtamskviða is an
Eddic poem, contained in the manuscript
AM 748 I 4to. It relates information on the myth of
Baldr's death in a way consistent with
Gylfaginning.
Baldr has been having nightmares.
Odin rides to
Hel to investigate. He finds the grave of a
völva and resurrects her. Their conversation follows, where the völva tells Odin about Baldr's fate. In the end Odin asks her a question which reveals his identity and the völva tells him to ride home.The poem is one of the shortest Eddic poems, consisting of 14
fornyrðislag stanzas. Some late paper manuscripts contain about five more stanzas, those are thought to be of young origin.
Sophus Bugge believed them to have been composed by the author of
Forspjallsljóð.
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