Snorri Sturluson
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Companion to Journal Entry XII, this field study examines Hel, the Norse realm and goddess of the dead, through excerpts from Snorri’s Edda and Gisla saga: the word’s meaning, her half-dark body, her hall of slow death, the bridge over Gjöll, Baldr’s failed return, and the debate over her antiquity.
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In Entry XII, the Archivist studies Hel, the Norse realm and goddess of the dead, through Snorri Sturluson’s Edda: her half-dark body, her hall of Hunger and Sickbed, the golden bridge over the river Gjöll, and her terrible condition for Baldr’s return, weighing what is ancient belief against medieval invention.
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Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of most of what we know of Norse mythology. Its tales are peopled by giants, dwarves, and elves, superhuman heroes and indomitable warrior queens. Its gods live with the tragic knowledge of their own impending destruction in…