The Prose Edda on Prose Edda
The Younger Edda: > Snorre'S Edda, Or The Prose Edda.
attestation: This edition of the Prose Edda was published in Chicago in 1901 by Scott, Foresman and Company
"Chicago Scott, Foresman and Company 1901"
attestation: The work was originally copyrighted in 1879 by S. C. Griggs and Company
"Copyright, 1879, By S. C. Griggs and Company."
The Younger Edda: > Snorre'S Edda, Or The Prose Edda. > Preface.
- attestation: The poems in the Younger Edda were traced back to their sources in the Elder Edda
"All the poems quoted in the Younger Edda have in this edition been traced back to their sources in the Elder Edda and elsewhere."
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > Introduction.
attestation: The Younger Edda is also called Snorre's Edda or the Prose Edda
"The Younger Edda (also called Snorre's Edda, or the Prose Edda)"
attestation: The Prose Edda contains seven main divisions: Foreword, Gylfaginning, Afterword, Brage's Speech, Afterword, Skaldskaparmal, and Hattatal
"1. The Foreword.
Gylfaginning (The Fooling of Gylfe).
The Afterword to Gylfaginning.
Brage's Speech.
The Afterword.
Skaldskaparmal (a collection of poetic paraphrases, and denominations in Skaldic language without paraphrases).
Hattatal (an enumeration of metres; a sort of Clavis Metrica)."
attestation: The religion of the Teutonic ancestors is characterized as representing the childhood of the race
"The religion of our ancestors forms an important chapter in the history of the childhood of our race"
attestation: The Arne-Magnean Commission in Copenhagen published the fifth edition of the Prose Edda in 1852
"the fifth by the Arne-Magnæan Commission in Copenhagen, 1852"
attestation: This part of the Younger Edda dates to approximately 1230
"This part of the Younger Edda may thus be said to date back to the year 1230"
attestation: The forewords and afterwords of the Edda were written by an unknown author around 1300
"The forewords and afterwords are evidently also from another pen. Their author is unknown, but they are thought to have been written about the year 1300"
attestation: The final editing of the whole Edda with forewords and afterwords occurred around 1320-1330 according to Keyser
"the whole is finally edited and furnished with forewords and afterwords, early in the fourteenth century,--according to Keyser, about 1320-1330"
attestation: One etymology derives 'Edda' from the Old Norse word for mind/soul (odr), also meaning song or poetry
"Others derive the word from óðr (mind, soul), which in poetical usage also means song, poetry"
comparison: Some scholars connect the word 'Edda' with the Sanskrit word 'Veda' meaning knowledge
"Others, again, connect Edda with the Sanscrit word Veda, which is supposed to mean knowledge"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > Foreword.
attestation: Ancient peoples observed three proofs of the earth's living nature: water on mountain peaks, seasonal growth of vegetation, and soil's fertility
"the earth might be dug into upon high mountain-peaks and water would spring up there"
attestation: From observing nature's cycles, ancient peoples concluded the earth was alive and of great age
"they judged that the earth must be quick and must have life in some way, and they knew that it was of a wonderfully great age and of a mighty nature"
attestation: From the uneven course of heavenly bodies, ancient peoples deduced the existence of a powerful ruler who preceded them
"some one must be the ruler of the heavenly bodies who could stay their course at his own will, and he must be strong and mighty"
attestation: Seventy-two languages arose from the confusion at the tower, and seventy-two peoples spread across the world
"the master-smiths were seventy-two, and so many tongues have spread over the world since the giants were dispersed over the land"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Vi. > The First Works Of The Asas. The Golden Age.
- attestation: The gods gave the dwarfs human understanding and the form of men
"the gods set themselves in their high-seats and held counsel"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > The Origin Of Poetry.
- attestation: There are two kinds of poetry: diction and meter; poetic diction has three sorts including kenning
"There are two kinds, and all poetry falls into one or the other of these classes"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > To Brage'S Talk.
attestation: Young skalds are instructed to master this book for poetic diction while not believing in heathen gods as truth
"Now it is to be said to young skalds who are desirous of acquiring the diction of poetry"
attestation: Christian men should not believe in heathen gods but may use the old periphrases that great skalds have loved
"christian men should not believe in heathen gods, nor in the truth of these"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > æGer'S Feast.
- attestation: Gold is called the otter-ransom of the Aesir, referring to the Niflungs legend
"the otter-ransom, or stroke-ransom, of the asas"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv.
- attestation: Brief chapter transition in the notes section
"ASK means an ash-tree, and EMBLA an elm-tree.
While the ety"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Vi.
- attestation: The notes cover various dwellings of the gods including Alfheim and descriptions of the Aesir
"This name "Weird" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Norn Wyrd (Sax. Wurth; O.H"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xv. > Vocabulary.
attestation: This vocabulary section provides definitions of Norse mythological terms and names
"ADILS. A king who reigned in Upsala. AE. A dwarf. ÆGER. The god presiding over t"
attestation: This vocabulary section provides definitions of Norse mythological terms and names
"EIKINSKJALDE. A dwarf. EIKTHYRNER. A hart that stands over Odin's hall. EILIF. S"
attestation: This vocabulary section provides definitions of Norse mythological terms and names
"GAGNRAD. A name of Odin. GALAR. A dwarf. GANDOLF. A dwarf. GANG. A giant. GANGLA"
attestation: This vocabulary section provides definitions of Norse mythological terms and names
"HABROK. A celebrated hero. HALLINSKIDE. Another name of Heimdal. HALOGE. A giant"
attestation: This vocabulary section provides definitions of Norse mythological terms and names
"JAFNHAR. A name of Odin. JALG. A name of Odin. JALK. A name of Odin. JARNSAXA. O"
attestation: This vocabulary section provides definitions of Norse mythological terms and names
"ODER. Freyja's husband. ODIN. Son of Bor and Bestla; the chief of Teutonic gods."
attestation: This vocabulary section provides definitions of Norse mythological terms and names
"SAHRIMNER. The boar on which the gods and heroes in Valhal live. SAD. A name of"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xv. > Index.
attestation: This index section catalogs names and terms from the Prose Edda
"[Transcriber's Note:
Page references in the 5-10 range do not correspond reli"
attestation: This index section catalogs names and terms from the Prose Edda
"Egilsson, S., 18, 19. Eikenskjalde, 71. Eikthyrner, 106. Eilif, 179. Eimyrja, 24"
attestation: This index section catalogs names and terms from the Prose Edda
"Gaelic, 257. Gagnrad, 247. Galar, 160, 161. Gandolf, 70. Gandvik, 179. Gang, 159"
attestation: This index section catalogs names and terms from the Prose Edda
"Ha, 218. Habrok, 108. Hafthor, 235. Hakon, 21-24, 236. Haleygjatal, 47. Halfdan,"
attestation: This index section catalogs names and terms from the Prose Edda
"Macbeth, 252-265. Macedonians, 39, 40, 42. Maelstrom, 208. Magi, 45. Magne, 45,"
attestation: This index section catalogs names and terms from the Prose Edda
"Sad, 81, 245. Saga, 97, 259. Sager, 66. Sahrimner, 104. Saming, 47, 230, 236. Sa"
attestation: This index section catalogs names and terms from the Prose Edda
"Ud, 81, 245. Uhland (Ludw.), 18, 263. Ukko, 82, 84, 239. Ukko-Thor, 239. Ulfhedi"