In the Prose Edda, Gylfi, King of Sweden before the arrival of the Æsir under Odin, travels to Asgard, questions the three officials shown in the illumination concerning the Æsir, and is beguiled.

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 )

The Prose Edda consists of a Prologue and three separate books: Gylfaginning, concerning the creation and foretold destruction and rebirth of the Norse mythical world, Skáldskaparmál, a dialogue between Ægir, a supernatural figure connected with the sea, and Bragi, a god connected with skaldship, and Háttatal, a demonstration of verse forms used in Norse mythology.

In the Prose Edda, Fenrir is mentioned in three books: Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál and Háttatal.

In the Epilogue section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, a euhemerized monologue equates Fenrisúlfr to Pyrrhus, attempting to rationalize that " it killed Odin, and Pyrrhus could be said to be a wolf according to their religion, for he paid no respect to places of sanctuary when he killed the king in the temple in front of Thor's altar.

The second part of the Prose Edda is called the Skáldskaparmál and the third Háttatal.

In chapter 5 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Hel is mentioned in a kenning for Baldr (" Hel's companion ").

Njörðr is mentioned in the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.

According to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, in his retelling of the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna, she is married to Ægir and they have nine daughters together.

Sigyn appears in the books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál in the Prose Edda.

Sigyn is introduced as a goddess, an ásynja, in the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, where the gods are holding a grand feast for the visiting Ægir, and in kennings for Loki: " husband of Sigyn ", " cargo of incantation-fetter's arms ", and in a passage quoted from the 9th-century Haustlöng, " the burden of Sigyn's arms ".

In the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, a scenario describing an encounter between an unnamed troll woman and the 9th century skald Bragi Boddason is provided.

Valhalla is referenced in the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.

Víðarr is referenced in the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál:

Yggdrasil is mentioned in two books in the Prose Edda ; Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.

In the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Yggdrasil receives a single mention, though not by name.

In chapter 55 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, different names for the gods are given.

The Vanir are mentioned in the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.

" In the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Gná is included among a list of 27 ásynjur names.

In the Prose Edda, Sif is mentioned once in the Prologue, in chapter 31 of Gylfaginning, and in Skáldskaparmál as a guest at Ægir's feast, the subject of a jötunn's desire, as having her hair shorn by Loki, and in various kennings.

As reported in the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Thor once engages in a duel with Hrungnir, there described as the strongest of the jötnar.

In the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Snotra is included among a list of 27 ásynjur names.

" In chapter 75 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál Vör appears within a list of 27 ásynjur names.

In the Prose Edda, Skaði is attested in two books: Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.

In chapter 56 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Bragi recounts to Ægir how the gods killed Þjazi.

The Old Norse poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Darraðarljóð, and the Nafnaþulur section of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, provide lists of valkyrie names.

In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson gave this information in Gylfaginning but in a list of kennings in Skáldskaparmál equates Gymir with the god and giant Ægir, citing a verse by Hofgarða-Refr Gestsson where the kenning in question probably simply substitutes one giant-name for another.