Sources

The Prose Edda

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "The Prose Edda." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-prose-edda.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Prose Edda. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-prose-edda

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-the-prose-edda,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Prose Edda},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-prose-edda},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Prose Edda is Snorri Sturluson's own thirteenth century primary handbook of Norse mythology and poetics, cited here in a 1916 English translation. As a primary text it is authoritative for what Snorri himself recorded about Norse myth and poetic technique, written centuries after Scandinavia's conversion to Christianity, a real gap between the text and the pre-Christian practice it describes that this atlas states plainly. A claim resting on how faithfully Snorri's account reflects earlier pre-Christian belief, as opposed to his own thirteenth century literary framing of it, needs a dedicated scholarly source addressing that specific gap.

Facts

Citation

Author

Snorri Sturluson

Publisher

The American-Scandinavian Foundation

Publication Year

1916

URL

https://archive.org/details/proseedda00snor

Source Type

primary-text

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Snorri Sturluson's own thirteenth century primary handbook of Norse mythology and poetics, written centuries after Scandinavia's conversion to Christianity, a real gap between the text and the pre-Christian practice it describes that this record states plainly.

Notes

Old Norse handbook of mythology and poetics.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Norse

This source names Norse directly: "thirteenth century primary handbook of Norse mythology and poetics, cited here in a 1916 English translation."

Source The Prose EddaSnorri Sturluson

Claims Backed By This Source (511 claims)

This source backs 511 claims across the atlas. As facts: 343 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 80 holds, 2 connected. Plus 83 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Deities, 112 claims: 63 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 23 holds, 25 general references.
Realms, 111 claims: 86 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 12 holds, 12 general references.
Figures, 82 claims: 54 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 17 holds, 10 general references.
Articles, 47 claims: 41 well-attested, 2 connected, 4 general references.
Mythical Creatures, 44 claims: 30 well-attested, 6 holds, 8 general references.
Myths & Sacred Narratives, 25 claims: 19 well-attested, 2 holds, 4 general references.
Holidays & Festivals, 18 claims: 10 well-attested, 5 holds, 3 general references.
Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 16 claims: 9 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
Religious Symbols, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 6 holds, 2 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Other Writings, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Animals & Totems, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
Plants, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 general references.
Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Languages, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Numbers, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Language Families, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Religions, 1 claims: 1 general references.