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Snorri Sturluson Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson , 1178-1241, Icelandic chieftain, historian, critic, and saga teller, the leading figure in medieval Norse literature. He was the author of the invaluable Prose Edda (see Edda ), a treatise on the art of poetry and a compendium of Norse mythology. His great saga the Heimskringla... Read more
Heimskringla Heimskringla
Heimskringla the sagas of the Norse kings, compiled by the Icelandic historian and poet Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241); the stories cover the period from mythical times to the late 12th century. The title is taken from Kringla heimsins ‘orb of the world’, the opening words of the... Read more
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Edda Edda
Edda , title applied to two distinct works in Old Icelandic. The Poetic Edda, or Elder Edda, is a collection (late 13th cent.) of 34 mythological and heroic lays, most of which were composed c.800-c.1200, probably in Iceland or W Norway. Despite uncritical arrangement and textual corruption, the... Read more
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saga in Old Norse literature , especially Icelandic and Norwegian, narrative in prose or verse, centering on a legendary or historical figure or family. Sagas may be divided into sagas of the kings, mainly of early Norwegian rulers; Icelandic sagas, both biographical and historical; contemporary... Read more
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