The Prose Edda

By Snorri Sturluson
Translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
and Anthony Faulkes

The "Younger Edda", "Prose Edda" or "Snorra Edda" was another collection of mythical and heroic poems. It was written by Snorri Sturluson around 1220 (for more informations about the autor click Here).
The poetic Edda was devided in three sections: Gylfaginning, Skaldskaparmal and Hattatal.
The Prose Edda hasn't much luck and was censured by the Catholizism.

The meaning of the word "Edda" is "Great Grandmother" or "Ancestor". But in the Prose Edda the meaning of the word could also be a variation of the roman word edico (announce, declear).

CONTENTS (english): Prologue - Gylfaginning - Skalskaparmal - Hattatal

CONTENTS (old norse): Prologus - Gylfaginning - Skaldskaparmal - Háttatal

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