Prose Edda

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Icelandic literary work Old Norse prose work medieval literary work source on Norse mythology

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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Prose Edda canonical 154
Skáldskaparmál 14
Snorra Edda 4

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Icelandic literary work ⓘ
Old Norse prose work ⓘ
medieval literary work ⓘ
source on Norse mythology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prose Edda ⓘ
surface form: Edda Snorra Sturlusonar

Prose Edda ⓘ
surface form: Snorra Edda

Prose Edda ⓘ
surface form: Younger Edda
approximateDate c. 1220 ⓘ
author Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
contains catalogues of kennings ⓘ
euhemeristic prologue ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ
treatise on verse forms ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Iceland ⓘ
dateOfComposition 13th century ⓘ
describesDeity Loki ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
Thor ⓘ
describesEvent Ragnarok ⓘ
surface form: Ragnarök
distinguishedFrom Poetic Edda ⓘ
field Old Norse studies ⓘ
genre mythological handbook ⓘ
poetics treatise ⓘ
prose narrative ⓘ
influenced fantasy literature ⓘ
modern understanding of Norse mythology ⓘ
reconstructions of Germanic paganism ⓘ
keySourceFor Old Norse literature ⓘ
surface form: Eddic mythology

Norse mythology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse religion

Viking Age beliefs ⓘ
skaldic poetry ⓘ
language Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
literaryTradition Norse sagas ⓘ
surface form: Icelandic saga literature
mainSubject Norse mythology ⓘ
Old Norse cosmology ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse gods

heroic legends ⓘ
manuscriptTradition Codex Regius ⓘ
surface form: Codex Regius of the Prose Edda

manuscript Trektarbók ⓘ
manuscript Upsaliensis ⓘ
manuscript Wormianus ⓘ
purpose to explain traditional poetic diction ⓘ
to systematize Norse mythology ⓘ
to teach the art of skaldic poetry ⓘ
relatedWork Poetic Edda ⓘ
structure Gylfaginning ⓘ
Háttatal ⓘ
Prose Edda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Skáldskaparmál

prologue ⓘ
usedAs primary source in medieval Scandinavian history ⓘ

Referenced by (184)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norse mythology → hasSource → Prose Edda ⓘ
Odin → sourceText → Prose Edda ⓘ
Thor → attestedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Hel → describedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Hel → describedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gylfaginning
valkyries → appearIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
subject surface form: Valkyries
Aesir–Vanir War → describedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Asgard → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Yggdrasil → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Nine Worlds → describedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Poetic Edda → relatedWork → Prose Edda ⓘ
Loki → primarySources → Prose Edda ⓘ
Jotunheim → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Jotunheim → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skáldskaparmál
Prose Edda → alsoKnownAs → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Snorra Edda
Prose Edda → alsoKnownAs → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Younger Edda
Prose Edda → alsoKnownAs → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edda Snorra Sturlusonar
Prose Edda → structure → Prose Edda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skáldskaparmál
Freyr → sourceMention → Prose Edda ⓘ
Ragnarok → describedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Vanaheim → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Tyr → appearsIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Tyr → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skáldskaparmál
Niflheim → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Baldr → subjectOf → Prose Edda ⓘ
Muspelheim → appearsInSource → Prose Edda ⓘ
Gjallarhorn → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Old Icelandic → hasCanonicalText → Prose Edda ⓘ
Frigg → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Jormungandr → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Helheim → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Njord → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Alfheim → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Sif → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Fenrir → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Svartalfheim → mythologicalTradition → Prose Edda ⓘ
Idunn → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Idunn → primarySource → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Idunn → appearsInStory → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skáldskaparmál
Bragi → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Midgard → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Skadi → appearsIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Skadi → appearsIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skáldskaparmál
Aesir → mythologicalSource → Prose Edda ⓘ
Ullr → attestedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Vanir → source → Prose Edda ⓘ
Bifrost → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Mjolnir → depictedInSource → Prose Edda ⓘ
Gungnir → appearsIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
Gungnir → mentionedIn → Prose Edda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skáldskaparmál