The Tricking of Gylfi, from the Prose Edda, is a key source for Norse myth. 

Here it is recast into traditional alliterative verse by Math Jones. Translations used include Anthony Faulkes' and Jesse Byock's.

Gylfi asks about Ragnarok.

Gylfaginning, pt. 9 Ragnarok

A rendering of the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlusson into alliterative verse, the poetry he was seeking to preserve.
A separate playlist covers Gylfaginning.
By me, Math Jones, working from translations of the Old Norse by Faulkes and by Byock.

Skaldskaparmal in Verse pt.1

Continuing this recasting of Snorri's prose into traditional alliterative metre.
Some kennings for the gods.

Skaldskaparmal in Verse, Pt.3

On my father's passing. He was a writer, a smoker, a combatant, as evidenced by his death in a fire, fighting the blaze with a panful of water.

My Father

A rare live performance of the long narrative poem.

Fittingly, given for an audience of actors.

The Travelling Players, live at the Old Fire Station, Oxford, for OTM

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the first.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft. Art is by Charles Keeping.

The King of Death, Chapter 1, Arrival pt 1

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the second.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows. But his queen has noticed a change.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft.

The King of Death, Chapter 1, Arrival pt 2

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the third.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft.

The King of Death, Chapter 1, Arrival pt 3

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the fourth, completing chapter one, Arrival.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft. Art by Henry Moore.

The King of Death, Chapter 1, Arrival pt 4

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the fifth.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft. Art by Pio Fedi.

The King of Death, Chapter 2, The challenge, pt. 1

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the sixth.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft.

The King of Death, Chapter Two, Arrival pt. 2

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the seventh.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft.

The King of Death, Chapter Two, The Challenge, pt. 3

A single poem in 12 parts, of which this is the eigth.

The King of Death has swapped places with me. I am to spend a year as ruler of his kingdom. No one else knows.

For each 'day' of that year, a verse has been added of 9 lines each.

This the most recent draft.

The King of Death, Chapter Two, The Challenge, pt. 4

Blodeuwedd speaks defiance to Math ap Mathonwy at her fate and at the treatment of Arianrhod. Taken from tales in the Mabinogion. Art by Anita Inverarity.

Blodeuwedd

The unseen, unfelt presence in the world of someone so far away.

Presence

A narrative poem, written and performed by Math Jones.

The Sailor and the Mermaid, Part 1 - The Voyage

Math Jones is a poet and performer, based in Oxford.

eaglespit, a spoken-word album of Heathen verse (bandcamp), 2016.
Sabrina Bridge, poetry published by Black Pear Press, 2017.
The Knotsman, published by Arachne Press, 2019.

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