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Snorri Sturluson

Articles tagged Snorri Sturluson.

Ratatoskr on Yggdrasil carrying words between the eagle above and Níðhöggr below in Norse mythology

Ratatoskr: The Gossiping Squirrel on Yggdrasil Explained

May 21-By Caiden Pannell

Ratatoskr only appears in two Old Norse sources, but the gossiping troublemaker may be Snorri’s own invention, not older tradition.

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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