Edda (Everyman's Library) by Snorri Sturluson

by Snorri Sturluson

Genres: Mythology, Classics

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About the author

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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Reviews

[Cameron Wilkinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Edda (also known as the Prose Edda or Younger Edda) is one of the best and most complete sources of Norse myths.

Written in the early 1200s by Snorri Sturluson, an Icelandic scholar and Christian, it is where we get the majority of our modern knowledge of Odin, Thor, Loki, and the other mysterious elements of Norse beliefs like the ash-tree, Asgard, and the Bifrost. If you're wondering who or where Marvel got the idea of Thor, start with the Prose Edda. Or if you've watched the History channel's "Vikings" and are wondering, how do we know all this stuff about the Vikings? Start with the Prose Edda. If you're a big fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's books and want to know what fueled his imagination, start with the Prose Edda.

This edition is an easy to read translation with a helpful introduction and notes that will guide your reading of this remarkable book.