Original sentence: 2, and in Carol Clover's article "Hárbardsljóð as Generic Farce",  Rydberg is identified as one of several scholars who identified the ferryman Harbard of the Eddic poem Hárbardsljóð as Loki, rather than Odin, as is "generally accepted" by Eddic scholars today.. The poem never explicitly identifies Harbard leaving the matter open to debate.In the last 120 years, scholars have variously identified Harbard as Loki, Odin, and a giant..
Edited sentence: 2, and in Carol Clover's article "Hárbardsljóð as Generic Farce",  Rydberg is identified as one of several scholars who identified the ferryman Harbard of the Eddic poem Hárbardsljóð as Loki, rather than Odin, as is universally accepted by modern Eddic scholars.In the early days of Old Norse scholarship, Harbard was variously identified as Loki, Odin, and a giant