The Prose Edda on Gylfe

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Ii.

• attestation: The Prose Edda describes Gylfe's journey to Asgard

  "Gylfe's Journey to Asgard"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xvii.

• attestation: The Prose Edda describes Gylfe's journey to Asgard

  "Afterword to the Fooling of Gylfe"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter I. > Gefjun'S Plowing.

• attestation: King Gylfe ruled the lands now called Svithjod (Sweden)

  "King Gylfe ruled the lands that are now called Svithjod (Sweden)"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Ii. > Gylfe'S Journey To Asgard.

• attestation: King Gylfe was wise and skilled in magic, and undertook a journey to Asgard disguised as an old man named Ganglere

  "King Gylfe was a wise man and skilled in the black art"

• attestation: Gylfe traveled to Asgard to learn whether the Aesir's power came from their nature or the gods they worshiped

  "He thought to himself whether this could come from their own nature, or whether the cause must be sought for among the gods whom they worshiped"

• attestation: The Aesir foresaw Gylfe's coming and received him with illusions (eye-deceit)

  "the asas were wiser, for they see into the future, and, foreseeing his journey before he came, they received him with an eye-deceit"

• attestation: Gylfe adopted the name Ganglere (the walker) as his disguise name

  "Gylfe answered that his name was Ganglere"

• attestation: A man at the door of the hall played with seven swords in the air simultaneously

  "In the door of the hall Gylfe saw a man who played with swords so dexterously that seven were in the air at one time"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > The Historical Odin.

• attestation: Gylfe made peace with Odin because he had no strength to oppose the people of Asaland

  "Gylfe made a peace with him, for Gylfe thought he had no strength to oppose the people of Asaland."