SNORRI STURLUSON

The Edda by Snorri Sturluson is the main source for the old mythology of Scandinavia. Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) was a member of an influential Icelandic family and author of a history of Norwegian kings, of the Edda, and of many other books. We pre ...

.- .- .- M.- Nacional ed.- .- 1984.- 8º.- 431 pp.- .- Mapas.- .- .- Obra maestra de la narrativa islandesa medieval

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Introducción, traducción y notas de Enrique Bernárdez Biblioteca de la literatura y el pensamiento universales, nº 56 Literatura Literature Littérature

"The Prose Edda," or "Younger Edda," is a classic collection of Norse myths of the Icelandic people.

King Gylfe ruled the lands that are now called Svithjod (Sweden). Of him it is said that he gave to a wayfaring woman as a reward for the entertainment she had afforded him by her story-telling a plow-land in his realm as large as four oxen could plow it in a day and a night But this woman was of the asa-race; her name was Gefjun.' (Excerpt from...