 An early 20th century painting of Snorri Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was twice lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Alþingi. He was the author of the Younger Edda or Prose Edda, which is comprised of Gylfaginning ("the fooling of Gylfe"), a narrative of Norse mythology, the Skáldskaparmál, a book of poetic language, and the Háttatal, a list of verse forms. He was also the author of the Heimskringla, a history of the Norse kings that begins, in Ynglinga saga with the legendary history, and moves through to early medieval Scandinavian history. He is also thought to be the author of Egils Saga. Events June 18 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed The Sung Document written detailing the discovery of Mu-Lan-Pi (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury written The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to...
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...
Events April 5 - Mongols of Golden Horde under the command of Subotai defeat feudal Polish nobility, including Knights Templar, in the battle of Liegnitz April 27 - Mongols defeat Bela IV of Hungary in the battle of Sajo. ...
A Lawspeaker (Old Swedish: laghmaþer or laghman, Norwegian: lagmand, Icelandic: lög(sögu)maðr) was a unique Scandinavian legal office. ...
The Althing (Modern Icelandic Alþingi; Old Norse Alþing) is the national parliament: literally, the all-thing (or General Assembly) of Iceland. ...
This colourful front page of the Prose Edda in an 18th century Icelandic manuscript shows Odin, Heimdallr, Sleipnir and other figures from Norse mythology. ...
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Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ...
The second part of the Younger Edda of Snorri Sturluson. ...
The Háttatal is the third section of the Younger Edda set down by the Icelandic poet and historian Snorri Sturluson. ...
Heimskringla is the Old Norse name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ...
The Ynglinga saga was originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. ...
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Egill SkallagrÃmsson in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egils saga is an epic Icelandic saga possibly by Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241 A.D.), who may have written the account between the years 1220 and 1240 A.D. It is an important representative of the sagas and has...
As an historian and mythographer, Snorri is remarkable for proposing the theory (in the Prose Edda) that mythological gods begin as human war leaders and kings whose funereal sites develop cults (see euhemerism). As people call upon the dead war leader as they go to battle, or the dead king as they face tribal hardship, they begin to venerate the figure. Eventually, the king or warrior is remembered only as a god. He also proposed that as tribes defeat others, they explain their victory by proposing that their own gods were in battle with the gods of the others. A mythographer, according to a strict dictionary definition, is a compiler of myths. ...
Euhemerus (flourished around 316 BCE) was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedonia. ...
Snorri was raised by Jón Loptsson in Oddi. His marriage made him a wealthy man, and in 1206 he settled in Reykholt, where he constructed buildings preserved to the present day. He quickly became known as a poet, but was also a successful lawyer, and from 1215 became the lawspeaker, or president of Iceland's legislative assembly and supreme court. Events Temujin is proclaimed Genghis Khan of the Mongol people, founding the Mongol Empire Qutb ud-Din proclaims the Mameluk dynasty in India, the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. ...
There are two villages with this name in Iceland: Reykholtsdalur avec Deildartunguhver // Reykholt (Borgarfjörður, West Iceland) The village is situated in the valley of the river HvÃtá, called the Reykholtsdalur. ...
A Lawspeaker (Old Swedish: laghmaþer or laghman, Norwegian: lagmand, Icelandic: lög(sögu)maðr) was a unique Scandinavian legal office. ...
Snorri sailed the summer of 1218 from Iceland to Norway, by royal invitation. There he became well-acquainted with King Hákon Hákonarson, visited Skule Jarl during the winter, and in the summer of 1219, he met his Swedish colleague, the lawspeaker Eskil Magnusson (Bjälboätten) and his wife Kristina Nilsdotter Blake in Skara. They were both related to royal family and gave Snorri a nice insight into the history of Sweden. // Events Damietta is besieged by the knights of the Fifth Crusade. ...
An illustration of Hákon, King of Norway, and his son Magnus, from Flateyjarbók Håkon IV (1204 – December 16, 1263), (Norwegian Håkon Håkonsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson) also called Haakon the Old. ...
Skule Baardsson or Duke Skule allowed his supporters to proclaim him king of Norway at the traditional Øyrating in 1239. ...
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A Lawspeaker (Old Swedish: laghmaþer or laghman, Norwegian: lagmand, Icelandic: lög(sögu)maðr) was a unique Scandinavian legal office. ...
Eskil Magnusson was the lawspeaker of Västergötland c. ...
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Snorri became involved in an unsuccessful rebellion against Hákon Hákonarson, the King of Norway, which resulted in his assassination in his house at Reykholt in 1241 by Gissur "The White" Þorvaldsson, an agent of the king. An illustration of Hákon, King of Norway, and his son Magnus, from Flateyjarbók HÃ¥kon IV (1204 – December 16, 1263), (Norwegian HÃ¥kon HÃ¥konsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson) also called Haakon the Old. ...
This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The...
There are two villages with this name in Iceland: Reykholtsdalur avec Deildartunguhver // Reykholt (Borgarfjörður, West Iceland) The village is situated in the valley of the river HvÃtá, called the Reykholtsdalur. ...
A statue of Snorri Sturluson by Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland was erected at Reykholt in 1947. Gustav Vigeland (April 11, 1869 – March 12, 1943) was a Norwegian sculptor. ...
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Family
Snorri had two older brothers, Thordur Sturluson (the oldest) and Sighvatur Sturluson. His parents were Sturla Thordarson and Guðny Boedvarsdóttir.
He was said to have had many love affairs, and thus many children, but only five are said to have survived to adulthood.
Note about the name The correct Icelandic spelling of the name is Snorri Sturluson. Snorre Sturlason is the modern Norwegian and Swedish spelling, whereas "Sturlusson" is a corrupt spelling, most likely stemming from a misunderstanding of Nordic/Icelandic naming conventions (a second S usually indicates a kind of possessive which is not appropriate in this case, but for other names such as "Jon" the possessive S in "Jons" renders the final result "Jonsson" rather than "Jonson"). Additionally, since Sturluson is a patronym and not an actual surname, Snorri Sturluson should always be referred to as either "Snorri Sturluson" or "Snorri", never as "Sturluson" only. See Icelandic naming conventions for more on this. A patronymic is a personal name based on the name of ones father. ...
A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...
Iceland shares a common cultural heritage with the Scandinavian states of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. ...
External links Wikisource has original works written by or about: Snorri Sturluson - Fjölbrautaskóli Versturlands: Reykholt in Snorri's times
- Faulkes, Anthony (1993). "The sources of Skáldskaparmál: Snorri's intellectual background", Snorri Sturluson. Kolloquium anläßlich der 750. Wiederkehr seines Todestages, pp. 59–76. Tübingen: Narr (PDF.)
- Works by Snorri Sturluson at Project Gutenberg
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