Project Gutenberg 2006-07-31 Public domain in the USA. 1770 Snorri Sturluson 1241 Sturluson, Snorri Sturlason, Snorre Sturleson, Snorro Anderson, Rasmus Björn 1846 1936 Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn Anderson, R. B. (Rasmus Björn) Anderson, Rasmus B. (Rasmus Björn) The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. "With an introduction, notes, vocabulary, and index" Produced by Louise Hope, R. Cedron and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda" by Snorri Sturluson is a foundational text on Norse mythology and poetry, written in the early 14th century. This significant work serves as both a mythological manual and a guide for skalds, containing a wealth of narratives that detail the Teutonic pantheon, the creation of the world, and the ultimate fate of the gods. Its subject matter is crucial for anyone interested in understanding the cultural and religious traditions of the Norse peoples. At the start of the text, the reader is introduced to the primordial void, Ginungagap, and the creation of the universe through the actions of the gods Odin and his brothers, who shape the world from the body of the slain giant Ymer. The narrative continues to detail the ancestry of gods and giants, laying the groundwork for the tales of valor, conflict, and eventual destruction during Ragnarok. The opening portions also highlight key concepts in Norse belief, such as creation, the duality of order and chaos, and the cyclical nature of time and existence. These mythological foundations set the stage for the rich stories and lessons that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mythology, Norse Scalds and scaldic poetry PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 596324 593818 2024-10-08T10:40:42.102333 2023-09-08T11:44:53.879810 text/html text/html 535611 2024-08-04T08:33:05 text/html 272532 2024-10-08T10:41:01.270266 application/epub+zip 275431 2024-10-08T10:40:48.693311 application/epub+zip 258660 2024-10-08T10:40:45.762349 application/epub+zip 591518 2024-10-08T10:41:07.872720 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536084 2024-10-08T10:40:58.410259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492675 2022-09-09T06:46:57.021687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407658 2024-10-08T10:40:39.512381 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 387653 2024-08-04T08:33:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17861 2024-10-08T10:41:08.034697 application/rdf+xml 22531 2024-10-08T10:40:46.475325 image/jpeg 4560 2024-10-08T10:40:46.129334 image/jpeg 255275 2024-10-08T10:40:42.143359 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia