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Heimskringla

Articles tagged Heimskringla.

Illustration of the house-burning scene from Njáls saga, with figures beside a roaring fire inside a timber hall.

Was a Viking King Too Fat to Escape His Burning Hall?

Sep 01, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

Was a Viking King Too Fat to Escape His Burning Hall the story of a Viking king too fat to escape a burning hall...

How a Christian Author Rewrote Norse Myth

Snorri Sturluson: Our Most Important Source for Norse Myth?

Aug 29, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

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.

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