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Title page of a late manuscript of the Prose Edda written by Snorri Sturluson (13th century), showing the Ancient Norse Gods Odin, Heimdallr, Sleipnir, and other figures from Norse mythology. 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 ...
The Poetic Edda, also known as Sæmundar Edda or the Elder Edda, is a collection of Old Norse poems from the Icelandic medieval manuscript Codex Regius ("Royal Book"). Along with the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most expansive source on Norse mythology.
Odin riding Sleipnir, from NKS 1867 4to.. MS NKS 1867 4° is a 1760 paper manuscript now in the Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen (section Den nye kongelige samling). [1] It contains skaldic poetry, assorted runological information, the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda, plus Sólarljóð, and 16 illustrations based on the Eddas.
The creation and eventual destruction of the world are described, as are many other aspects of Norse mythology. While the Gylfaginning never makes it explicit, the three are often presumed to be guises of Odin. The second part of the Prose Edda is the Skáldskaparmál and the third Háttatal.
Skáldskaparmál (Old Norse: 'Poetic Diction' or 'The Language of Poetry'; [1] Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈskaldskaparˌmɒːl]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈskaultˌskaːparˌmauːl̥]) is the second part of the Prose Edda, compiled by Snorri Sturluson.
High, Just-As-High, and Third converse with Gangleri.Art from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript. Hár, Jafnhár [ˈjɑvnˌhɑːrː], and Þriði (anglicized as Thridi) [a] are three men on thrones who appear in the Prose Edda in the Gylfaginning ("The Beguiling of Gylfi"), one of the oldest and most important sources on Norse mythology.
In Norse mythology, Fensalir (Old Norse "Fen Halls" [1]) is a location where the goddess Frigg dwells. Fensalir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.
The Prologue is the first section of four books of the Prose Edda, and consists of a euhemerized account of the origins of Norse mythology.According to the Prologue, the Norse gods originate from the Trojans described in Homer's poetry, and are King Priam's descendants.