Prose Edda
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The Prose Edda is a 13th-century Icelandic work by Snorri Sturluson that systematizes Norse mythology and serves as a key source for understanding the Old Norse gods, cosmology, and heroic legends.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Icelandic literary work
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Old Norse prose work → medieval literary work → source on Norse mythology → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Prose Edda
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surface form: "Edda Snorra Sturlusonar"
Prose Edda →
surface form: "Snorra Edda"
Prose Edda →
surface form: "Younger Edda"
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| approximateDate | c. 1220 → |
| author | Snorri Sturluson → |
| contains |
catalogues of kennings
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euhemeristic prologue → mythological narratives → treatise on verse forms → |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland → |
| dateOfComposition | 13th century → |
| describesDeity |
Loki
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Odin → Thor → |
| describesEvent |
Ragnarok
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surface form: "Ragnarök"
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| distinguishedFrom | Poetic Edda → |
| field | Old Norse studies → |
| genre |
mythological handbook
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poetics treatise → prose narrative → |
| influenced |
fantasy literature
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modern understanding of Norse mythology → reconstructions of Germanic paganism → |
| keySourceFor |
Old Norse literature
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surface form: "Eddic mythology"
Norse mythology → Norse mythology →
surface form: "Old Norse religion"
Viking Age beliefs → skaldic poetry → |
| language |
Norse
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surface form: "Old Norse"
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| literaryTradition |
Norse sagas
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surface form: "Icelandic saga literature"
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| mainSubject |
Norse mythology
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Old Norse cosmology → Norse mythology →
surface form: "Old Norse gods"
heroic legends → |
| manuscriptTradition |
Codex Regius
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surface form: "Codex Regius of the Prose Edda"
manuscript Trektarbók → manuscript Upsaliensis → manuscript Wormianus → |
| purpose |
to explain traditional poetic diction
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to systematize Norse mythology → to teach the art of skaldic poetry → |
| relatedWork | Poetic Edda → |
| structure |
Gylfaginning
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Háttatal → Prose Edda →
surface form: "Skáldskaparmál"
prologue → |
| usedAs | primary source in medieval Scandinavian history → |
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Snorra Edda"
this entity surface form: "Younger Edda"
this entity surface form: "Edda Snorra Sturlusonar"
this entity surface form: "Skáldskaparmál"
this entity surface form: "Gylfaginning"
this entity surface form: "Skáldskaparmál"
this entity surface form: "Skáldskaparmál"
this entity surface form: "Skáldskaparmál"
this entity surface form: "Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson"
this entity surface form: "Skáldskaparmál"