Prose Edda
Articles tagged Prose Edda.
Hel: Norse Mythology’s Half-Dead Goddess
Nov 19, 2025-By Caiden Pannell
Hel a death goddess ruling a frozen hall, a half-rotten body, and a realm of oaths broken—how did Hel become one of Norse myth’s...
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.
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...
Fenrir and Gleipnir: The Chain That Bound the Wolf
Aug 10, 2025-By Caiden Pannell
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...
Útgarða-Loki: How Illusion Made Thor Look Weak
Aug 09, 2025-By Caiden Pannell
What the Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda says about Útgarða-Loki, why the contests were unwinnable, and what this reveals about Norse cosmology.
