The Vlusp (Old Norse: Vlusp) is a medieval poem of the Poetic Edda that describes how the world might have come into shape and would end according to Norse mythology. The story of about 60 stanzas is told by a seeress or vlva (Old Norse: vlva, also called spkona, foretelling woman) summoned by the god Odin, master of magic and knowledge. According to this literary text, the beginning of the world...