The chapter opens with Gylfi asking what happened after Ymir was slaughtered. Odin in his Trinity explain how Ymir's body was taken into...

Gangleri’s next question, how did the descendents of Ymir and of Búri get along, drives right to the beginning of the central conflict of...

With Auðumla established as the food source for Ymir, the next logical question is asked: what did the great cow eat?  High responds that...

With the early Norse mythological world set up, it's time to return to the narrative.  When Gylfi asks how things began, the trinity...

Gylfaginning 4 opens with Gylfi asking how the world began. High responds with a quote from Völuspá, establishing that there was nothing...

In Chapter 3, the question and answer format that will persist through the rest of Gylfaginning begins. This is a format that should be...

For the next several months, I will be going through Gylfaginning, the second segment of the Prose Edda. I'm going to retell the...

The prologue of the Prose Edda has very little to do with what heathens believe, and is generally ignored as a quaint fantasy. To the...

We've covered Snorri's life and times, his reasons for writing the Edda, and his probable education; it's finally time to touch on the...

Many Heathens like to demonize Snorri as being the sole source of christianization in the Prose Edda, pointing to his status as a monk or...

If it were possible to sum up the complexity of Snorri Sturluson in one word, that word could be political. Almost everything he did had...

Any time one engages with secondary sources, it becomes imperative to understand the inherent bias of the author.  The Prose Edda is no...