Snorra-Edda

aka Younger Edda; Snorri's Edda

Prose Edda

Author

Snorri Sturluson

Language

Old Norse / early Icelandic

Year

c. 1220

Country

Iceland

Genre

Novella / Light Novel

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The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century. The work is often considered to have been to some extent written, or at least compiled, by the Icelandic scholar, lawspeaker, and historian Snorri Sturluson c. 1220. It is considered the fullest and most detailed source for modern knowledge of Norse mythology, the body of myths of the North Germanic peoples, and draws from a wide variety of sources, including versions of poems that survive into today in a collection known as the Poetic Edda.