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Edda

Two collections of early Icelandic literature that together constitute our chief source for Old Norse mythology. The term strictly applies to the Younger or Prose Edda, compiled by Snorri Sturluson, a priest, in about AD 1230.

The Elder or Poetic Edda is the collection of poems discovered around 1643 by Brynjólfr Sveinsson, written by unknown Norwegian poets of the 9th to 12th centuries.



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In Thiorekssaga, Also Snorri's Edda Regin is the dragon and two lays of the and the smith is Elder Edda: called Mimir.
Tolkiens's Sigurd & Gudrun: summary, sources, & analogs by Berube, Pierre H. / Mythlore
With its vineyards and olive groves, medieval churches and Renaissance frescoes, this is one of the most beautiful spots in Europe - but Edda wishes she had never set foot in the place.
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Skaldatal reveals Snorri to have composed for several Norwegian rulers (see Edda Snorra Sturlusonar III:255-7, 264-7), and his poetic reputation appears to have been firmly established among his contemporaries: he is referred to in Gunnlaugs saga, for instance, as part of a list of "skaldmenn miklir" (Borgfirdinga sogur 51) [great poets], and as "skald gott" (Sturlunga saga 1269) [a good skald].
Rhyme and reason: lawspeaker-poets in medieval Iceland by Burrows, Hannah / Scandinavian Studies
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