Episode 1: Snorri Sturluson

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Myths of Midgard

Ryan Eckerson

4 episodes

1 week ago

Myths of Midgard is a podcast for all things Norse. Mythology, sagas, poetry, runes, and more. My goal is to provide you information with scholarly commentary. About me: I have a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Tennessee and an M.A. in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies from the University of Iceland.

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Episode 1: Snorri Sturluson

Myths of Midgard

23 minutes 44 seconds

2 years ago

Episode 1: Snorri Sturluson

The first episode in the series about the Prose Edda. We discuss Snorri's life including his upbringing, politics, and the legacy he left behind. Please check out the following sources which went into today's episode, as well as a few that I think would be useful to your studies!

+ Gísli Sigurðsson. “Snorri Sturluson and the Best of Both Worlds.” Essay. In Snorri Sturluson and Reykjaholt: The Author and the Magnate, His Life, Works and Environment at Reykjaholt in Iceland, edited by Helgi þorlákkson and Gudrun Sveinbjarnardottir, 291–317. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2018.

+ Sturlunga Saga - English Translation by Julia H. McGrew 1970

+ Króksfjarðarbók, AM 122 a fol, c.1350-1370, ed. Kr. Kalund, Det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab Kobenhavn og Kristiania: 1906 - 11

+ Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia by Kevin J. Wanner, 2008

+ Edda, Anthony Faulks (translator)

+ www.snorrastofa.is