cliff notes version poetic edda

https://www.ancient.eu/article/1674/viking-prophecy-the-poem-voluspa-of-the-poetic-edd/

Brief outline of the poetic edda.

Short and simple.

See about gandalf and dwarves section about how odin, honir and luthor create man

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