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       Edda (Everyman's Libary) by Snorri Sturlusson
       By: Alfred Raeburne Date: October 27, 2014, 1:06 pm
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       "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 poetry and
       includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, praising the king of
       Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in
       Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of the king of Norway, as a
       result of political intrigue.
       The Edda contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and
       legends that has survived from the Middle Ages as well as the
       popular stories of Odin winning back the mead of poetic
       inspiration and Thor fishing for the Midgard serpent."
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