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In the Prologue Snorri offers an euhemerized and Christian-influenced interpretation of the myths and tales of his forefathers.

As-gard, he conjectures, is the home of the Æsir ( singular Ás ) in As-ia, making a folk etymological connection between the three " As -"; that is, the Æsir were " men of Asia ", not gods, who moved from Asia to the north and some of which intermarried with the peoples already there.

Snorri's interpretation of the 13th century foreshadows 20th century views of Indo-European migration from the east.