The Prose Edda on Snorri Sturluson

The Younger Edda: > Snorre'S Edda, Or The Prose Edda. > Preface.

• attribution: The Fooling of Gylfe and Brage's Speech are identified as Snorre's and Olaf's work, while the Forewords and Afterwords were written by a later hand

  "the pleasure of reading Snorre's and Olaf's charming work"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iv. > Introduction.

• attestation: Snorre Sturleson was born in Iceland in 1178

  "Snorre Sturleson[2] was born in Iceland in the year 1178"

• attestation: At age three, Snorre came to live with Jon Loptsson at Odde, who was a grandson of Saemund the Wise

  "Three years old, he came to the house of the distinguished chief, Jon Loptsson, at Odde, a grandson of Sæmund the Wise"

• attestation: Snorre was several times elected chief magistrate and became the wealthiest and most prominent man in Iceland

  "He was several times elected chief magistrate, and no man in the land was his equal in riches and prominence"

• relationship: Snorre had two elder brothers named Thord and Sighvat

  "his two elder brothers, Thord and Sighvat"

• attestation: Snorre sometimes appeared at the Althing at Thingvols with 800 to 900 armed men

  "Snorre sometimes appeared at the Althing at Thingvols accompanied by from eight hundred to nine hundred armed men"

• attestation: Snorre is said to have been the first Icelander who planned to subjugate Iceland to Norway

  "He is said to have been the first Icelander who laid plans to subjugate his fatherland to Norway"

• attestation: Snorre first visited Norway during 1218-1220 and was received by King Hakon and Jarl Skule

  "He had been for the first time in Norway during the years 1218-1220, and had been well received by King Hakon, and especially by Jarl Skule"

• relationship: Snorre's nephew Sturle Thordsson was his rival in the effort to subjugate Iceland

  "he found himself outwitted by his brother's son, Sturle Thordsson"

• attestation: Snorre visited Norway again in 1237

  "In the year 1237 Snorre visited Norway again"

• attribution: The authorship of the Younger Edda is attributed to both Snorre Sturleson and Olaf Hvitaskald

  "Snorre Sturleson and Olaf Hvitaskald are the two names to whom the authorship of the Younger Edda has generally been attributed"

• attribution: Snorre is identified as the author of Hattatal, including both the poem and the prose treatise

  "the writer of the grammatical and rhetorical part of the Younger Edda distinctly mentions Snorre as author of Hattatal (the Clavis Metrica)"

• attribution: Keyser attributes authorship of Gylfaginning, Brage's Speech, Skaldskaparmal, and Hattatal to Snorre

  "Snorre is the author, though not in so strict a sense as we now use the word, of Gylfaginning, Brage's Speech, Skaldskaparmal and Hattatal"

The Younger Edda: > Chapter Ii.

• attestation: Snorre Sturlasson references the eye-deceit of Gylfe's journey in his Heimskringla

  "It is to the delusion or eye-deceit mentioned in this chapter that Snorre Sturlasson refers in his Heimskringla"