Snorri
Sturluson
(is.)
b. 1179
d. 1241
Nationality: Icelandic
Snorri was an Icelandic statesman, scholar, and author who is credited
with writing Heimskringla, The
Prose Edda, and possibly Egil's
Saga.
Jakob
Sigurðsson
(is.)
Jakob
Sigurdsson
(en.)
b. 1727
d. 1779
Nationality: Icelandic
Jokob was a tenant farmer, poet, scribe, and illustrator, who created
full-page Eddaillustrations in hand-copied
paper manuscripts in Iceland in the eighteenth century.
Óðinn (non.)
Odin (en.)
The chief god of the Æsir is The Prose Edda.
However, in Heimskringla he is a mortal who
tricks the King of Sweden into believing that he is a god.
Heimdallr (xml.)
The god who guards Asgard and will blow his horn when the giants
approach to begin the Battle of Ragnarök.
ÍB 299 4to
This is one of several manuscripts that features Jakob Sigurdsson's
renderings of scenes from the Prose Edda along
with a title page that is his own creation.
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse
mythology and poetics.
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse
mythology and poetics.
ÍB 299 4to
This is one of several manuscripts that features Jakob Sigurdsson's
renderings of scenes from the Prose Edda along
with a title page that is his own creation.
Huginn (non.)
Huginn is one of Óðinn´s pair of ravens that he sends out in the
morning to gather news and whisper it into his ears when they came back.
Huginn's name means "thought."
Muninn (non.)
Muninn is one of Óðinn´s pair of ravens that he sends out in the
morning to gather news and whisper it into his ears when they came back.
Muninn's name means "memory."
Mjöllnir (non.)
Mjollnir (en.)
Þórr's hammer that returns to his hand after he throws it.
Rati (non.)
The auger that the giant Bagi uses to drill into the mountain
Hnitbjörg with.
Gjallarhorn (non.)
Heimdalr's horn that he will blow at the beginning of the Battle of
Ragnarökr.
Auðhumbla (non.)
Audhumbla (en.)
The primeval cow who licked the primeval being, Búri, free from a
block of ice.
Sleipnir (non.)
Óðinn´s eight-legged horse which Loki bore after mating with the Giant
Builder's stallion Svaðilfari.
Fenrir (non.)
This is one of the names for the monstrous wolf who is one of the
three monsterous offspring of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Fenris (non.)
This is one of the names for the monstrous wolf who is one of the
three monsterous offspring of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Fenrisúlfr (non.)
Fenris Wolf (en.)
This is one of the names for the monstrous wolf who is one of the
three monsterous offspring of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Hróðvitnir (non.)
Hrodvitnir (.)
One of the names for the monstrous wolf, Fenrir, who is the progeny of
Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
