The Circle of the World

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The Circle of the World is the English rendering of the Old Norse title "Heimskringla," a medieval collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings traditionally attributed to Snorri Sturluson.

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The Circle of the World canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Norse kings’ saga collection
collection of sagas
medieval literary work
associatedWith Icelandic historiography
Norwegian royal ideology
attributedTo Snorri Sturluson
basedOn earlier written sources
oral tradition
contains Ynglinga saga
sagas of Olaf Haraldsson (St. Olaf)
Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
surface form: sagas of Olaf Tryggvason

sagas of later Norwegian kings
countryOfOrigin Norway
culturalSignificance key work of medieval Scandinavian literature
depicts Viking Age
surface form: Viking Age Norway

early medieval Scandinavian history
form prose narrative
genre historical saga
kings’ sagas
hasEnglishTitle The Circle of the World self-link
hasInfluenced modern understanding of Norwegian medieval history
reception of Viking Age in modern culture
hasSetting Norway
wider Scandinavian world
historicalValue important narrative source for Norwegian royal history
isPartOf corpus of kings’ sagas
language English
literaryTradition Icelandic saga literature
Old Norse literature
mainSubject Norwegian kings
history of Norway
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
originalLanguage Old Norse
originalTitle Heimskringla
timePeriodCovered Viking Age
early 12th century Norway
legendary prehistory of Norwegian kings
titleTranslationOf Heimskringla
traditionalAuthor Snorri Sturluson
uses chronological arrangement of reigns
skaldic poetry citations

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Heimskringla titleMeaning The Circle of the World
The Circle of the World hasEnglishTitle The Circle of the World self-link