In chapter 42 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, High tells a story set " right at the beginning of the gods ' settlement, when the gods at established Midgard and built Val-Hall " about an unnamed builder who has offered to build a fortification for the gods that will keep out invaders in exchange for the goddess Freyja, the sun, and the moon.

In Gylfaginning, Heimdallr is introduced in chapter 25, where the enthroned figure of High tells the disguised mythical king Gangleri details about the god.

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.

Kvasir is mentioned a single time in Gylfaginning ; in chapter 50, where the enthroned figure of High tells Gangleri ( Gylfi in disguise ) of how Loki was caught by the gods after being responsible for the murder of the god Baldr.

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.

In chapter 33 of Gylfaginning, the enthroned figure of High tells of the binding of the wolf Fenrir.

Quoted by Snorri in Gylfaginning, he expands upon this and tells us that the dwarves were created from the dead flesh of Ymir whose body was used by Odin and his brothers to form the earth (" Brimir's blood " referring to the sea and " Blain's limbs " referring to the mountains that were made from his bones ).

Frigg plays a major role in section 49 of the 13th century Prose Edda book Gylfaginning written by Snorri Sturluson, where a version of a story relating the death of Baldr is recorded by Snorri.

In Norse mythology, the island was created by the goddess Gefjun after she tricked Gylfi, the king of Sweden, as told in the story of Gylfaginning.

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.

In Gylfaginning by Snorri Sturluson, Gylfi, the king of ancient Scandinavia, receives an education in Norse mythology from Odin in the guise of three men.

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.

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

In Snorri's account Gylfi is deluded by the Æsir into accepting their supposed religious beliefs, hence the name Gylfaginning ' Deluding of Gylfi '.

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.

" Davidson posits that Snorri may have " earlier turned the goddess of death into an allegorical figure, just as he made Hel, the underworld of shades, a place ' where wicked men go ,' like the Christian Hell ( Gylfaginning 3 ).

Some of these similarities include that, in parallel to Skaði and Njörðr in Skáldskaparmál, Hadingus is chosen by his wife Regnhild after selecting him from other men at a banquet by his lower legs, and, in parallel to Skaði and Njörðr in Gylfaginning, Hadingus complains in verse of his displeasure at his life away from the sea and how he is disturbed by the howls of wolves, while his wife Regnhild complains of life at the shore and states her annoyance at the screeching sea birds.

In the book Gylfaginning, Hel is introduced in chapter 3 as a location where " evil men " go upon death, and into Niflhel.

Gylfaginning ( 20. ff ) gives a list of twelve male aesir, not including Odin their chief, nor including Loki, " whom some call the backbiter of the asas ":

In various poems from the Poetic Edda ( stanza 2 of Lokasenna, stanza 41 of Hyndluljóð, and stanza 26 of Fjölsvinnsmál ), and sections of the Prose Edda ( chapter 32 of Gylfaginning, stanza 8 of Haustlöng, and stanza 1 of Þórsdrápa ) Loki is alternately referred to as Loptr, which is generally considered derived from Old Norse lopt meaning " air ", and therefore points to an association with the air.

Britt-Mari Näsström points out the description in Gylfaginning where it is said of Freyja " whenever she rides into battle she takes half of the slain ", and interprets Fólkvangr as " the field of the Warriors ".

Snorri Sturluson states in his Gylfaginning that "' s brothers are Býleistr and Helblindi ", and several Eddic texts use the Loki-kenning " brother of Býleistr " ( bróðir Býleists ) ( Völuspá, ; Hyndluljóð, ; Skáldskaparmál, ).

Regarding the information given about Sjöfn in Gylfaginning, John Lindow says that the word sjafni does indeed appear listed in the þulur as a word for " love ", yet that outside of this description no information about the goddess is known.

The text says that Loki's other son, Narfi, was turned into a wolf, but does not make clear that he tears his brother apart ; also in the Gylfaginning version it is a son of Loki named Váli whom the Æsir transform into a wolf and who kills Narfi.

In Norse mythology, Viðfinnr (" wood-Finn ") is the father of Hjúki and Bil, a brother and sister who, according to Gylfaginning, were taken up from the earth by Máni, the personified moon, as they were fetching water from the well Byrgir.

In Norse mythology, Þrúðgelmir (; Old Norse " Strength Yeller ") is a frost giant, the son of the primordial giant Aurgelmir ( who Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning identifies with Ymir ), and the father of Bergelmir.

In Norse mythology, Elli ( Old Norse " old age ") is a personification of old age who, in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, defeats Thor in a wrestling match.

Hati's mother is the giantess, not named but mentioned in Völuspá and Gylfaginning, who dwells to the east of Midgard in the forest of Járnviðr (" Ironwood ").

Thor goes fishing with Hymir, using the head of Hymir's best ox for bait, and catches Jörmungandr, who then either breaks loose or, as told in the Gylfaginning of the Prose Edda, is cut loose by Hymir.

Róta is attested in chapter 36 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, where she is mentioned alongside the valkyries Gunnr and Skuld, and the three are described as " always to choose who shall be slain and to govern the killings.

In Norse mythology, Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri (" Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western ") are four dwarves in the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning who each support one of the four cardinal points.

In the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda Brimir refers to a hall in the heavens for good souls following Ragnarok where " plenty of good drink " will be available for those who take pleasure in it.

Snorri Sturluson writes in the Gylfaginning after describing Odin, Thor, and Baldr:

In Norse mythology, Hati Hróðvitnisson ( first name meaning " He Who Hates, Enemy ") is a wolf that according to Gylfaginning chases the Moon across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases the Sun during the day, until the time of Ragnarök when they will swallow these heavenly bodies, after which Fenrir will break free from his bonds and kill Odin.

The following is related in the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after the description of Heiðrún.

" Simek states that the allegorical description of Hel's house in Gylfaginning " clearly stands in the Christian tradition ," and that " on the whole nothing speaks in favour of there being a belief in Hel in pre-Christian times.

According to Gylfaginning, it was one of the two primordial realms, the other one being Muspelheim, the realm of fire.

Lindow notes that Loki and Skaði appear to have had a special relationship, an example being Skaði's placement of the snake over Loki's face in Lokasenna and Gylfaginning.

According to the Gylfaginning part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Níðhöggr is a being which gnaws one of the three roots of Yggdrasill.