Poetry· 1260· Fantasy
Poetic Edda: 2 recorded works trace back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.
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The names of Thorin's company come from the list of dwarves in Völuspá, the first poem of the Poetic Edda: Thorin, Fili, Kili, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori, Ori, Oin and Gloin are all there, and so is Gandalf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetic_Edda
Robert Eggers built the film on the Amleth legend in Saxo Grammaticus and named the Old Norse sources he drew on: the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, Egil's Saga, Grettir's Saga, Eyrbyggja saga and the Saga of Hrolf Kraki.
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The Poetic Edda preserves the Old Norse poems about Odin, Thor, Loki and the end of the world at Ragnarök.