Snorri Sturluson

"But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down…" Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking …

"Heimskringla" on tuntuim Põhjala kuningasaagadest. Teksti kirjutas Islandi ajaloolane ja poeet Snorri Sturluson umbes aastal 1225. Vanapõhjakeelne tekst käsitleb Norra kuningate ajalugu alates müütilisest rootsi dünastiast Ynglingitest kuni Øystein Meyla surmani 1177. "Heimskringla" koosneb proloogist ja 16 …