The myth of the 'mead of poetry' in Skáldskaparmál ('the language of poetry'), the second part of Snorri Storluson's Edda, illustrated in this 18th century manuscript. It is said that whoever drinks the godly potion will outperform the Internet: gain knowledge of everything and solve any query or problem (Reykjavík, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandi…
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