Text Norse and Germanic

Prose Edda

13th-century Norse work of literature written in Iceland

Overview

13th-century Norse work of literature written in IcelandWikidata record description. Read Prose Edda in the Wikipedia reader.

In 13 other languages

Each on its own page, where this text is one account among others.

Kinship as the accounts give it

Hammer-wielding Norse god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oaks, strength, and fertility

Gods and people whose own records say they appear in this work.

Works recorded as part of this one. Each date is that work’s own, on the source clock.

Also recorded in it: Æsir, heathenry

The Æsir and Vanir as the Eddas tell them, and what the archaeology says instead.