Snorri Sturluson





Snorri Sturluson

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born
December 25, 1178 in Hvamm, Iceland

died
December 25, 1240

gender
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Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was twice elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing. He was the author of the Prose Edda or Younger Edda, which consists of Gylfaginning ("the fooling of Gylfi"), a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms. He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a history of the Norwegian kings that begins with legendary material in Ynglinga saga and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. For stylistic and methodological reasons, Snorri is often taken to be the author of Egils saga.


Average rating: 4.06 · 2,011 ratings · 122 reviews · 41 distinct works
The Prose Edda
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King Harald's Saga
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Gylfaginning
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Egil's Saga
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Heimskringla, Volume 1: The...
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Староисландски саги и митове
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Eddukvæði
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La saga d'Oláfr Tryggvason
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More books by Snorri Sturluson…
“And now, if you have anything more to ask, I can't think how you can manage it, for I've never heard anyone tell more of the story of the world. Make what use of it you can.”
Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda

“Wiem, gdzie jesion stoi, Yggdrasill się zowie,
Lśniącą wilgotnością pień jego zroszony;
Z niego idzie rosa, co w dolinach spada,
Koło Urs studni wciąż zielony stoi.”
Snorri Sturluson, The Poetic Edda

“Obłęd i szał, rozczarowanie i żal,
Siądź tu, a opowiem tobie
o męce tęsknoty
I zdwojonym bólu.”
Snorri Sturluson, The Poetic Edda

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