Snorri Sturluson qua Fulcrum : Perspectives on the Cultural Activity of Myth, Mythological Poetry and Narrative in Medieval Iceland

• Main Author: Frog, Etunimetön
• Other Authors: Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, Folklore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: GLOSSA - THE SOCIETY FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES IN FINLAND 2013
• Subjects: Fulcrum; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/42043

The present paper constructs an overview of Snorri Sturluson’s impact, through Edda, on the cultural activity of mythology in vernacular poetries and narration. General evidence of impacts on eddic and skaldic poetries (§1) provides a frame for a series of illustrative examples, beginning with the r...