![]() (Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4. (Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0) In the early thirteenth century, Snorri rose to become Iceland ’s richest and, for a t ime, its most powerful leader. Snorri Sturlusons fame as a historian-his main work is the 16 sagas included in Heimskringla (c. This edition also features a new foreword, introducing the work to a modern audience. THE PROSE EDDA SNORRI STURLUSON (11791241 ) was born i n western Iceland, the son of an upstart Icelandic chieftain. This abridged edition has only removed sections dealing with technical rules for writing poetry in the Viking style, but has included all the myths and legends. ![]() That makes this book one of the closest sources we have to these tales as the Vikings actually told them, not filtered through a modern lens. This collection, The Prose Edda, was the first time the Viking myths were assembled and written down in plain prose (before then, they existed only as oral poems). The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson 4.1 (13) Paperback 23.95 Hardcover 19.99 Paperback 23.95 eBook 9. ![]() Enjoy these ancient tales of tragedy, death, glory, and love, with all the gory and mystic details left out of the Hollywood versions. Hear the original tales of Thor, Odin, and Loki, as the Vikings heard them long ago. ![]()
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