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The Hello and welcome to the history of Vikings.

The two most important sources of Norse mythology that survive today are arguably the Poetic Edda and the Prose Eta.

By sources, I mean the places where we get the concept of Norse gods and goddesses from.

While their titles are similar, these two sources are different from one another, and today

we'll be exploring the Prose Eta.

Written in the 13th century by Icelandic chieftain and scholar Snorri Sturluson, the prozetta has long shaped our

understanding of Norse gods and goddesses.

But is this understanding true?

Does it need to be re-examined?

Joining me today is Dr. Gisley Sigrthson, a returning guest and research professor and head of the folklore department at the Arnie Magnuson Institute in Iceland.

Dr. Sigerson, thank you so much for joining me today.

Welcome to yourself.

Thank you for having me.

So that's a great pleasure to be back here.

Well, it's a pleasure to have you on the podcast.

Well, I'm so excited to dive into our conversation today, Dr. Sigurtson, but, you know,

for listeners who aren't wholly familiar with Snorri Zeta or the Pros Eta, could you just sort

of introduce it to us?

You know, what is this work?

Yes, Snorri Sturglison is one of the few authors that we know of from the medieval

period that we feel reasonably confident was behind several works, among them Hameskringla,

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