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Snorri Sturluson

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Snorri Sturluson


Born
in Hvamm, Iceland
October 30, 1178

Died
July 22, 1241

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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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“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

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

“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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The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, 1220, 224 pp
 
  22 votes, 11.6%

 
  20 votes, 10.5%

 
  11 votes, 5.8%

McTeague by Frank Norris, 1899, 368 pp
 
  10 votes, 5.3%

 
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