Verelius, Olaus
b. 1630
d. 1702
Nationality: Swedish
Occupation: scientist and writer, professor of medicine at Uppsala
University
Residence: Uppsala, Sweden
Verelius was one of the leaders of the Swedish Hyperborean
movement.
Gylfi (non.)
A king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in
Heimskringla, who promises
Gefjon a ploughshare of land. He plays a much larger role in Snorri's
Edda when he decides to try and discover if
Óðinn and his followers are men or gods.
Gangleri (non.)
This is the name that King Gylfi used when he went to question Óðinn,
and the men who came with him from Asia, to see if they were gods or
sorcerers.
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.
Þriði (non.)
Third (en.)
This is one of Óðinn´s many names that are collectively known as Óðins
heiti.
Jafnhárr (non.)
Just-as-high (en.)
This is one of Óðinn´s many names that are collectively known as Óðins
heiti.
Hárr (non.)
High (en.)
This is one of Óðinn´s many names that are collectively known as Óðins
heiti.
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.
Deluding of Gylfi
This myth is part of the story that Snorri uses to frame one of the
three sections of his Edda and is an essential
part of his attempt to use euhemerization as an explanation for the
origin of the belief in pagan gods.
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse
mythology and poetics.