Snorri Sturluson
Birth date: December 25, 1178
Died: December 25, 1240
Snorri Sturluson's Books
IntroductionNote on the Translation--King Harald's SagaGenealogical TablesGlossary of Proper NamesChronological Table, 1030-66Maps
Fascinating read for Norse Mythology.
Lovely, though I suspect the original compiler of some of these stories had a bit too much mead to drink when he told the stories.
AcknowledgementsIntroduction & NotesFurther ReadingNote on the TranslationMap: The Geographical World of the 'Edda'The Prose Edda--Prologue--Gylfaginning (The Deluding of Gylfi)Skaldskaparmal (Poetic Diction)--Mythic and Legendary Tales--Poetic References from Skaldskaparmal (Translated by Russell P...
The Edda is a collection of Norse myths, written in the 13th century by a dude named Snorri. It's where we got most of our knowledge of Norse mythology today, and it's wicked awesome. I learned, for instance, that your legs may hump each other and produce a child while you're asleep, which is some...
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