Munthe, Gerhard
(no.)
b. 1849
d. 1929
Nationality: Norwegian
Occupation: illustrator
Residence: Oslo
Munthe was one of the main illustrator's for Gustav Storm's editions
of Kongesagaer in 1899 and 1900.
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.
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.
Laing, Samuel
(en.)
b. 1780
d. 1868
Occupation: writer and translator
Laing translated Heimskringla into English in
1844.
Kongesagaer (1899 ed.)
The first edition of Gustaf Storm's Norwegian translation of Heimskringla.
Heimskringla
History of the Kings of Norway
This account of the history of the kings of Norway and is generally
believed to have been written by Snorri Sturluson in Iceland in 1230. It
begins with the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, who were the
subject matter of the skaldic poem Ynglingtal, and ends with the reign
of the Norwegian king, Magnus Erlingson (died 1184).
Ynglingatal
A skaldic poem that was composed in the ninth century by the
Norwegian skald Þjóðólfr af Hvini and is best known from Snorri
Sturluson's use of it in Ynglinga Saga, the
first saga in Heimskringla.
Haralds saga hins hárfagra
Harald Hårfagres Saga
Saga of Harald the Fairhaired
This is the third saga in Heimskringla.
Sleipnir (non.)
Óðinn´s eight-legged horse which Loki bore after mating with the Giant
Builder's stallion Svaðilfari.
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 ear 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 ear when they came back.
Muninn's name means "memory."
Gungnir (non.)
Óðinn's spear whose name means "swaying one."
hrafn (non.)
raven (en.)
hestr (non.)
horse (en.)
spjót (non.)
spear (en.)