Prose Edda
13th-century Norse work of literature written in Iceland
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Summary
Prose Edda is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,016 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Snorri Sturluson[3]
- Instance of: Norse cultural artifact[4]
- Genre: poetry[5], Norse mythology[6]
- Part of: Edda[7], eddic poems[8]
- Commons category: Prose Edda[9]
- Language of work or name: Old Norse[10], Old Icelandic[11]
- Country of origin: Iceland[12], Icelandic Commonwealth[13]
- Has part(s): Gylfaginning[14], Skáldskaparmál[15], Háttatal[16]
- Inception: 1225[17]
- Has edition or translation: The Younger Edda[18], L’Edda de Snorre Sturleson[19], L'Edda. Récits de mythologie nordique[20], De yfverborna atlingars, eller, sviogötars ok nordmänners, Edda, det är, stammodren för deras, uti hedendomen, både andliga ok verldsliga vishet; nu första gången på svensko öfversatt, med latinsk uttolkning försed; jämte et företal[21], The Elder Edda of Saemund Sigfusson and the Younger Edda of Snorre Sturleson[22], The Prose Edda[23], Edda (Simrock 1876)[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Prose Edda[25]
- Work available at URL: http://norroen.info/src/snorra/[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28]
- Title: Prose Edda[29]
- Copyright status: public domain[30]
- Narrative motif: origin of particular languages[31], wandering of tribes[32], origin of kings (from deity (deities))[33], second sight[34], hero's precocious strength[35], mighty lifter[36], Thor slays his foster father and takes himself the realm of Thrace[37]
- Form of creative work: prose[38]
Why It Matters
Prose Edda has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]