Project Gutenberg 2006-07-31 Public domain in the USA. 3697 Snorri Sturluson 1241 Sturluson, Snorri Sturlason, Snorre Sturleson, Snorro Anderson, Rasmus Björn 1846 1936 Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn Anderson, R. B. (Rasmus Björn) Anderson, Rasmus B. (Rasmus Björn) The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda "With an introduction, notes, vocabulary, and index" Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prose_Edda Produced by Louise Hope, R. Cedron and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda" by Snorri Sturluson is a foundational text on Norse mythology and poetry, written in the early 14th century. This significant work serves as both a mythological manual and a guide for skalds, containing a wealth of narratives that detail the Teutonic pantheon, the creation of the world, and the ultimate fate of the gods. Its subject matter is crucial for anyone interested in understanding the cultural and religious traditions of the Norse peoples. At the start of the text, the reader is introduced to the primordial void, Ginungagap, and the creation of the universe through the actions of the gods Odin and his brothers, who shape the world from the body of the slain giant Ymer. The narrative continues to detail the ancestry of gods and giants, laying the groundwork for the tales of valor, conflict, and eventual destruction during Ragnarok. The opening portions also highlight key concepts in Norse belief, such as creation, the duality of order and chaos, and the cyclical nature of time and existence. These mythological foundations set the stage for the rich stories and lessons that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mythology, Norse Scalds and scaldic poetry PT Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 596447 2025-08-08T06:59:40.761958 text/html 535611 2024-08-04T08:33:05 text/html 272704 2025-08-08T06:59:57.036416 application/epub+zip 275504 2025-08-08T06:59:46.274950 application/epub+zip 258733 2025-08-08T06:59:43.937925 application/epub+zip 591468 2025-08-08T07:00:02.667330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536084 2025-08-08T06:59:54.446905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492675 2022-09-09T06:46:57.021687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407658 2025-08-08T06:59:38.306975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 387653 2024-08-04T08:33:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17274 2025-08-08T07:00:02.834358 application/rdf+xml 22531 2025-08-08T06:59:44.542939 image/jpeg 4560 2025-08-08T06:59:44.241924 image/jpeg 255314 2025-08-08T06:59:40.801956 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia