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Articles tagged Lokasenna.

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.

Lokis Children

Loki’s Children: Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr

Aug 27, 2025-By Caiden Pannell

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...

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