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A '''skald''' or '''skáld''', meaning "poet", was a title given to those who would compose | A '''skald''' (or '''skáld'''), meaning "poet",<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' – [[Learnings: Yggdrasil: The World Tree]]</ref> was a title given to those who would compose poetry in alliterative verse.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Skald}}</ref> Skaldic poems followed a complex set of rules, employing many {{Wiki|kenning}}s, and focused on honoring their subjects with glory and fame, these usually being their paying benefactors.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' – [[Learnings: The Skald and His Art]]</ref> Most known skalds were attached to the courts of [[Norse people|Norse]] kings during the [[Viking expansion|Viking Age]],<ref name="Wiki"/> though the [[Raven Clan]] was also known to have a number of them among their ranks.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> | ||
[[Bragi]], the husband to [[Iðunn]], is the god of poetry and patron of skalds in [[Norse mythology]].<ref>{{WP|Bragi}}</ref> Another mythical tale relating to poetry crafting is the magic potion known as the [[Mead of poetry|Mead of Poetry]], said to be able to give the power of skaldship to any who drank it, leading to those who excelled in their craft being said to have tasted it.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' – [[Learnings: The Sacred Mead of Poetry]]</ref> | |||
==Notable skalds== | |||
*[[Bragi Boddason]] | |||
*[[Hunta]] | |||
*[[Lif]] | |||
*Skalds of the Raven Clan | |||
**[[Alvis]] | |||
**[[Bjorn Bloodtooth]] | |||
**[[Bragi (Viking)|Bragi]] | |||
**[[Holger]] | |||
*[[Thorvald Hjaltason]] | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]'' {{1stm}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | ||
**''[[The Way of the Berserker]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga]]'' | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Imo}} | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Occupations]] | |||
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A skald (or skáld), meaning "poet",[1] was a title given to those who would compose poetry in alliterative verse.[2] Skaldic poems followed a complex set of rules, employing many kennings, and focused on honoring their subjects with glory and fame, these usually being their paying benefactors.[3] Most known skalds were attached to the courts of Norse kings during the Viking Age,[2] though the Raven Clan was also known to have a number of them among their ranks.[4]
Bragi, the husband to Iðunn, is the god of poetry and patron of skalds in Norse mythology.[5] Another mythical tale relating to poetry crafting is the magic potion known as the Mead of Poetry, said to be able to give the power of skaldship to any who drank it, leading to those who excelled in their craft being said to have tasted it.[6]
Notable skalds[edit | edit source]
- Bragi Boddason
- Hunta
- Lif
- Skalds of the Raven Clan
- Thorvald Hjaltason
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- The Way of the Berserker (mentioned only)
- Dawn of Ragnarök
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age (mentioned only)
- Echoes of History (indirect mention only)
