Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson was a thirteenth-century Icelandic chieftain, poet, and historian whose writings preserved much of Norse mythology and history.
He authored the Prose Edda, a manual of poetic technique that recounts the myths of the Norse gods, and Heimskringla, a chronicle of Norwegian kings.
His works remain primary sources for understanding Old Norse literature and Viking-age Scandinavia.
Leader of a tribe
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
- Old NorseMedieval Scandinavian language
thirteenth century · civil war · political · landownership · church
Body of traditional tales
Balder · Heimdall · Ragnarok · Valhalla · Bifrost · Fenrir · Norns · Ginnungagap
Metrical literary composition
- kenningFigurative Norse compound
- verseMetered poetic passage
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
meter · poetics · court poet · composition · prosody · stanza · recitation · oral performance
Ordered historical record
- narrativeAccount of events
- proseUnversified language
- biographyWritten life account
- royal historyRecord of monarchs' reigns
genealogy · oral tradition · storytelling · legendary · heroic · primary source
Maintaining something's condition
- transmissionSending of information
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
- RenaissanceEuropean cultural reawakening
nationalism · Romanticism · Wagner · Tolkien · philology · translation · influence · cultural heritage
chieftain
Leader of a tribe
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- vellumPrepared calfskin for writing
Old Norse · thirteenth century · civil war · political · landownership · church
mythology
Body of traditional tales
Freyja · Balder · Heimdall · Ragnarok · Valhalla · Bifrost · Fenrir · Norns · Ginnungagap · Midgard
poetry
Metrical literary composition
- kenningFigurative Norse compound
- verseMetered poetic passage
- alliterationMatching initial consonants
metaphor · meter · poetics · court poet · composition · prosody · stanza · recitation · oral performance · versification
chronicle
Ordered historical record
royal history · genealogy · oral tradition · storytelling · legendary · heroic · primary source
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- transmissionSending of information
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- antiquarianScholar of old artifacts
Renaissance · nationalism · Romanticism · Wagner · Tolkien · philology · translation · influence · cultural heritage
- Icelandic Writers
- IcelandReykjavik, volcano, volcanoes, geyser, geysers
- Norse mythologyThor, Odin, Loki, Valhalla, Ragnarok
- Medieval FiguresGenghis Khan, Joan of Arc, Marco Polo, William the Conqueror, Dante
- Nordic LiteratureIbsen, Icelandic sagas, Norse sagas, sagas, Henrik Ibsen
- Nordic WritersHans Christian Andersen, Astrid Lindgren, Henrik Ibsen