Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse: [ˈsnorːe ˈsturloˌson]; Icelandic: [ˈsnɔrːɪ ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn]; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and...
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tradition in Iceland and for Norse mythology. The Edda has been criticized for imposing Snorri Sturluson's own Christian views on Norse mythology. In particular...
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Norns (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
life. The Poetic Edda is valuable in representing older material in poetry from which Snorri Sturluson tapped information in the Prose Edda. Like Gylfaginning...
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Þrúðr (section Poetic Edda)
vol. 7. ISBN 87-7838-008-1. Faulkes, Anthony (1998), edition of: Snorri Sturluson. Edda. Skáldskaparmál. 2. Glossary and Index of Names. London: Viking...
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Sons of Odin (category Articles lacking reliable references from August 2014)
Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, and in the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. But silence on the matter does not indicate that other gods...
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Baldr (section Poetic Edda)
harbinger of Ragnarök. According to Gylfaginning, a book of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Baldr's wife is Nanna and their son is Forseti. Baldr had the...
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Heiðrún (category Articles needing additional references from October 2013)
Paleograph Press. ISBN 9785895260272. Young, Jean I. (1964). Snorri Sturluson : the Prose Edda. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-01231-3...
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Freyr (section Prose Edda)
represented with a phallic statue in the Temple at Uppsala. According to Snorri Sturluson, Freyr was "the most renowned of the æsir", and was venerated for good...
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Jötunheimr (section Poetic Edda)
Viking lore. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141393728. Sturluson, Snorri (2018). The Prose Edda. Translated by Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist. Franklin Classics...
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Ymir (section Poetic Edda)
attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, in the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century...
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given below: As noted above, the Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson makes much use of the works included in the Poetic Edda, though he may well have had access...
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Mímir (section Poetic Edda)
the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson of Iceland...
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Valhalla (section Poetic Edda)
Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda (written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson), in Heimskringla...
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Skáldskaparmál (category Works by Snorri Sturluson)
[ˈskaultˌskaːparˌmauːl̥]) is the second part of the Prose Edda, compiled by Snorri Sturluson. It consists of a dialogue between Ægir, the divine personification...
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Yggdrasil (section Poetic Edda)
Poetic Edda compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the Prose Edda compiled in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both...
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Níðhöggr (section Prose Edda)
cognate would be Nithhewer. According to the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Níðhǫggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of Yggdrasill...
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Asgard (section The Poetic Edda)
The Elder Edda : a book of Viking lore. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141393728. Sturluson, Snorri; Byock, Jesse L. (2005). The prose Edda: Norse mythology...
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Óðr (section Poetic Edda)
with the major goddess Freyja. The Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, both describe Óðr as Freyja's husband and...
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Æsir–Vanir War (section Poetic Edda)
by Snorri Sturluson; and in euhemerized form in the Ynglinga saga from Heimskringla, also often considered to have been written by Snorri Sturluson in...
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Heimskringla; both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Vanaheimr is described as the location where the...
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Ragnarök (section Poetic Edda)
Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In the...
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Eir (section Poetic Edda)
the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in skaldic...
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Svartálfaheimr are primarily attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Scholars have noted that the svartálfar appear...
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Sif (section Poetic Edda)
Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in...
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Hildr (section General and cited references)
March 2023. Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Available online...
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Vanir (section Poetic Edda)
Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson;...
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Sköll (section General and cited references)
Skǫll, "Treachery" or "Mockery") is a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases the Sun (personified as a goddess, Sól) riding her chariot...
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Fulla (section Poetic Edda)
the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in skaldic...
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and ed.) (1987). Edda (Snorri Sturluson). Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3 Larrington, Carolyne (transl. and ed.) (1996). The Poetic Edda. Oxford World's Classics...
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Gjúki (category Articles needing additional references from February 2023)
of the Nibelungs, the clan is called the Gjúkungar. In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson says that Gjúki was the father of sons Gunnar and Hogni and a daughter...
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