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2. Edda - Wikipedia

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   Edda" (/ ˈ ɛ d ə /; Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur) is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the Prose Edda and an older collection of poems (without an original title) now known as the Poetic Edda.

3. Echoes of Valhalla - Wikipedia

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   Echoes of Valhalla: The Afterlife of the Eddas and Sagas is a non-fiction book by Jón Karl Helgason. An English-language version, translated by Jane Appleton, was published by Reaktion Books in 2017. The books describes the legacy of Icelandic mythology and sagas and their impact on modern works.

4. Sagas of Icelanders - Wikipedia

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   The sagas of Icelanders (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur, modern Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈislɛndiŋkaˌsœːɣʏr̥]), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic sagas. They are prose narratives primarily based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the ninth, tenth, and early eleventh centuries ...

5. Grettis saga - Wikipedia

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   Full text and translations at the Icelandic Saga Database; Icelandic Saga Map – an online digital map with the geo-referenced texts of all of the Íslendingasögur; Proverbs in Grettis saga; Gísla saga - Another Icelandic saga with a main character who becomes an outlaw. Russell Poole, "Myth, Psychology, and Society in Grettis saga ...

6. Prose Edda - Wikipedia

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   The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Icelandic: Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century. The work is often considered to have been to some extent written, or at least compiled, by the Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker , and historian Snorri ...

7. Heimskringla - Wikipedia

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   Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas.It was written in Old Norse in Iceland.While authorship of Heimskringla is nowhere attributed, some scholars assume it is written by the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1178/79–1241) c. 1230.

8. Norse mythology in popular culture - Wikipedia

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   The Norse mythology, preserved ancient Icelandic texts such as the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and other lays and sagas, was little known outside Scandinavia until the 19th century. With the widespread publication of Norse myths and legends at this time, references to the Norse gods and heroes spread into European literary culture, especially ...

9. Snorri Sturluson - Wikipedia

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   An illustrated title page of a manuscript from 1764 containing the Prose Edda (ÍB 299 4to). Snorri Sturluson [a] (Old Norse: [ˈsnorːe ˈsturloˌson]; Icelandic: [ˈsnɔrːɪ ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn]; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. [2] He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament ...