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Snorri Sturluson

Born

in Hvamm, Iceland

October 30, 1178

Died

July 22, 1241

Genre

History, Poetry

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Snorri Sturluson (also spelled Snorre Sturlason) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was twice elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He was the author of the Prose Edda or Younger Edda, which consists of Gylfaginning ("the fooling of Gylfi"), a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms. He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a history of the Norwegian kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. For stylistic and methodological reasons, Snorri is often taken to be the author of Egils saga.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 19,943 ratings · 1,179 reviews · 421 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology 4.15 avg rating — 15,722 ratings — published 1220 — 544 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings 4.19 avg rating — 1,410 ratings — published 1230 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King Harald's Saga by Snorri Sturluson, Magnus Magnusson (Introduction), Hermann Pálsson (Introduction) 4.02 avg rating — 1,214 ratings — published 1230 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sagas of the Icelanders by Snorri Sturluson, Anonymous 3.92 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Viking Gods by Snorri Sturluson, Jean I. Young (Translator) 3.51 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Textos Mitológicos de las Eddas by Snorri Sturluson, Enrique Bernárdez (Translator) 4.41 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heimskringla, Volume 1: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway 4.11 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2011 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edda: Snorres Edda & Den poetiska Eddan by Snorri Sturluson, Peter August Gödecke 4.31 avg rating — 72 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Edda des Snorri Sturluson by Snorri Sturluson, Arnulf Krause 3.82 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ynglinga saga 3.50 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Snorri Sturluson

Heimskringla (4 books)
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Tanrılardan Krallara Vikingler (1 book)
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Quotes by Snorri Sturluson (?)

“And now, if you have anything more to ask, I can't think how you can manage it, for I've never heard anyone tell more of the story of the world. Make what use of it you can.”
― Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology

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“A sword age, a wind age, a wolf age. No longer is there mercy among men.”
― Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology

tags: vikings

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“But Loki's relations with Svadilfari were such that a while later he gave birth to a colt.”
― Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology

tags: edda, loki

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June 2022 Old School Classics

The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1861, 247pp

87 votes, 33.0%

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan 1684, 324 pp

45 votes, 17.0%

Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell 1863, 484 pp

41 votes, 15.5%

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson 1220, 224pp

32 votes, 12.1%

Waverley by Walter Scott 1814, 491pp

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Adam Bede by George Eliot 1859, 624pp

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