The corpus of skaldic poetry comprise 5797 verses by 447 skalds preserved in 718 manuscripts. In skaldic poetry, the name Eir is frequent in kennings for women. The verse quoted in contemporary sagas is skaldic verse. Many skaldic verses are preserved in sagas. Bragi is the skaldic god of poetry in Norse mythology. The books are the main sources of medieval skaldic tradition in Iceland and Norse mythology. Poetry that praises someone is considered skaldic poetry or court poetry. Most skaldic poetry are poems composed to individual kings by their court poets. A few surviving skaldic poems have mythological content. He describes metrical patterns and poetic devices used by skaldic poets around the year 1200. Examples of tmesis have been found in skaldic poetry. In comparison to skaldic poetry, Eddic poetry is relatively unadorned. The section is written in prose interspersed with quotes from skaldic poetry. Freyr is referred to several times in skaldic poetry. He is mentioned in some contemporary English sources, and some skaldic poems.