Gylfaginning
Articles tagged Gylfaginning.
Snorri Sturluson: Our Most Important Source for Norse Myth?
Snorri Sturluson wrote the Prose Edda two centuries after Iceland’s conversion. His handbook for poets is essential, but it is also a Christian rationalization.
Loki’s Children: Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr
Loki’s Children the Norse sources name three children born to Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and each one plays a specific structural role in...
Fenrir and Gleipnir: The Chain That Bound the Wolf
What the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda say about the binding of Fenrir, what Gleipnir was made from, and what Tyr’s sacrifice meant in...
Snorri Sturluson: Our Most Important Source for Norse Myth?
Snorri Sturluson wrote the Prose Edda two centuries after Iceland’s conversion. His handbook for poets is essential, but it is also a...
Loki’s Children: Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr
Loki’s Children the Norse sources name three children born to Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and each one plays a specific structural...
Fenrir and Gleipnir: The Chain That Bound the Wolf
What the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda say about the binding of Fenrir, what Gleipnir was made from, and what Tyr’s sacrifice...