Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse: [ˈsnorːe ˈsturloˌson]; Icelandic: [ˈstnɔrːɪ ˈstʏ(r)tlʏˌsɔːn]; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician. He was elected twice as lawspeaker of the Icelandic parliament, the Althing.He is commonly thought to have authored or compiled portions of the Prose Edda, which is a major source for what is today known as …

Snorri Sturluson – Historiker, Dichter, Politiker (Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 85.) Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-033631-3 Heinrich Beck: Snorri Sturlusons Sicht der paganen Vorzeit (Nachrichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philologisch-Historische Klasse 1994/1.)

L'Edda in prosa (conosciuta anche come Edda di Snorri o Edda recente), è un manuale di poetica norrena che contiene anche molte storie della mitologia norrena. Il suo intento era di fare capire ai lettori e ai poeti norreni le sottigliezze dei versi allitterativi (versi in cui gli stessi suoni si ripetono secondo una struttura ben definita), [non chiaro] e di afferrare il significato celato ...

In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki (Old Norse, both meaning "the ravenous" or "greedy one") are two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin.They are attested in the Poetic Edda, a collection of epic poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

Snorre Sturlasson (en svensk namnform för fornnordiska och isländska Snorri Sturluson), född omkring 1179, död 23 september 1241, var en isländsk adelsman, hövding, lagman, politiker, historiker, författare och skald.Han betraktas som författare till Den yngre Eddan, vilken är en handbok i skaldekonst och lärobok i nordisk mytologi, författad omkring 1220, samt …