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.
Þjazi (non.)
Thjazi (en.)
The giant who persuaded Loki to abduct the goddess Íðunn.
Óðinn (non.)
Odin (en.)
The chief god of the Æsir in The Prose Edda.
However, in Heimskringla he is a mortal who
tricks the King of Sweden into believing that he is a god.
Loki (non.)
Loki is counted among the gods but is a giant by birth.
Hænir (non.)
Haenir (en.)
An enigmatic god who gives man his reason in the Creation myth in
The Prose Edda. In Heimskringla he is one of the hostages that the Æsir send
to the Vanir.
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.
SÁM 66 4to
SAM 66 4to
SAM 66 4to is also known as Melsted Edda.
Abduction of Iðunn Myth
The myth concerning the abduction of Iðunn and the apples of
immortality by the giant Thjazi with the help of Loki. In the end, the
god's compel Loki to rescue Iðunn and regain the apples.
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse
mythology and poetics.