The primary sources regarding Asgard come from the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Icelandic Snorri Sturluson, and the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from a basis of much older Skaldic poetry.

The Prose Edda presents two views regarding Asgard.

* Wikisource: Prose Edda / Gylfaginning ( The Fooling Of Gylfe ) by Sturluson, Snorri, 13th century Edda, in English.

The pair are attested in both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson.

Snorri uses his visiting the Æsir as the frame of that section of the Prose Edda.

The bridge is attested as Bilröst in the Poetic Edda ; compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and as Bifröst in the Prose Edda ; written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.

Both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda alternately refer to the bridge as Asbrú ( Old Norse " Æsir's bridge ").

According to the Prose Edda, the bridge ends in heaven at Himinbjörg, the residence of the god Heimdallr, who guards it from the jötnar.

Two poems in the Poetic Edda and two books in the Prose Edda provide information about the bridge:

Compiled in Iceland in the 13th century, but based on much older Old Norse poetry, the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda contain numerous references to the death of Baldr as both a great tragedy to the Æsir and a harbinger of Ragnarök.

According to Gylfaginning, a book of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Baldr's wife is Nanna and their son is Forseti.

The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson.

Húsdrápa, a skaldic poem partially preserved in the Prose Edda, relates the story of the theft of Brísingamen by Loki.

In the Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson quotes many stanzas attributed to Bragi Boddason the old ( Bragi Boddason inn gamli ), a court poet who served several Swedish kings, Ragnar Lodbrok, Östen Beli and Björn at Hauge who reigned in the first half of the 9th century.

* Prose Edda

Snorri in the Prose Edda states that the light elves dwell in Álfheim while the dark elves dwell underground.

" ( Snorri, Gylfaginning 17, Prose Edda )

Gylfaginning, or the Tricking of Gylfi ( c. 20, 000 words ), is the first part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after Prologue.

According to Norse mythology as contained in the thirteenth-century Icelandic work Prose Edda, the lake was created by the goddess Gefjon when she tricked Gylfi, the Swedish king of Gylfaginning.

A story told by the thirteenth-century Icelandic mythographer Snorri Sturluson in his Prose Edda about the origin of Lake Mälaren was probably originally about Lake Vänern: the Swedish king Gylfi promised a woman, Gefjun, as much land as four oxen could plough in a day and a night, but she used oxen from the land of the giants, and moreover uprooted the land and dragged it into the sea, where it became the island of Zealand.

In the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, valkyries are first mentioned in chapter 36 of the book Gylfaginning, where the enthroned figure of High informs Gangleri ( King Gylfi in disguise ) of the activities of the valkyries and mentions a few goddesses.

Gylfaginning ( Old Icelandic " the tricking of Gylfi ") follows the Prologue in the Prose Edda.

* In the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda, King Gylfi is confronted by a triple throne at the home of the gods, one being seated and occupied atop another.

In chapter 35 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, High tells Gangleri ( described as king Gylfi in disguise ) that Frigg is the highest among the ásynjur, and that " she has a dwelling called Fensalir and it is very splendid.

* the name of the ancient Swedish king Gylfi, given while in disguise, as described in the book Gylfaginning collected in the Prose Edda

In chapter 53 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, High tells Gangleri ( king Gylfi in disguise ) that two people, Líf and Lífþrasir, will lie hid in Hoddmímis holt during " Surt's fire ," and that " from these people there will be descended such a great progeny that the world will be inhabited.

In chapter 15 of Gylfaginning, a book of the Prose Edda, the throned figure of Just-As-High tells Gangleri ( described as King Gylfi in disguise ) about Yggdrasil and its roots.

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Michael D. C. Drout's " Tolkien's Prose Style and its Literary and Rhetorical Effects ", featured in the academic journal Tolkien Studies, published by West Virginia University Press, analyzes Tolkien's writing style and deduces influence from and parallels with King Lear.

* Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible, 2010, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-12881-2

Njörðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, in euhemerized form as a beloved mythological early king of Sweden in Heimskringla, also written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, as one of three gods invoked in the 14th century Hauksbók ring oath, and in numerous Scandinavian place names.

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The Prose Edda, however, describes dwarfs as beings similar to maggots that festered in the flesh of the primal being Ymir before being gifted with reason by the gods.

The Poetic Edda briefly mentions the field as where the two forces will battle, whereas the Prose Edda features a fuller account, foretelling that it is the location of the future death of several deities ( and their enemies ) before the world is engulfed in flames and reborn.

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In the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Sleipnir is first mentioned in chapter 15 where the enthroned figure of High says that every day the Æsir ride across the bridge Bifröst, and provides a list of the Æsir's horses.

In the Prose Edda, Njord was introduced as " the third among the Æsir ", and among the Asynjur, Freyja is always listed second only to Frigg.

Traditionally, following Völuspá and Snorri Sturluson's account in the Prose Edda, scholarship on the Vanir has focused on the Æsir – Vanir War, its possible basis in a war between tribes, and whether the Vanir originated as the deities of a distinct people.

Mímir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson of Iceland, and in euhemerized form as one of the Æsir in Heimskringla, also written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

Gylfaginning in the Prose Edda and the Ynglinga saga tell how the supposedly historic Odin and his people the Æsir and Vanir, who later became the Swedes, obtained new land where they built the settlement of Old Sigtuna.

According to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and Heimskringla, Ásaland corresponds to Asia and is the origin for the Æsir emperors that conquered regions and territories and finally settled down in Northern Europe and brought law and order.