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In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson describes the Vikings as being descended from Trojans.

In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson states the gods are human descendants of Trojan heroes.

Also Snorri Sturluson recontextualized the Norse gods as descendants of Troy in the Prose Edda, because he was writing in the context of a post-Christianized society in which acknowledging pagan gods would have been heresy.

After Christianity took over, Odin continued to gain importance in the mythology (which was after all continued by poets telling stories for aristocracy) and by the time Snorri Sturluson wrote The Prose Edda was the familiar allfather, king of the gods, etc.

Another one, Snorri Sturluson, is responsible for writing down much of the Norse mythology that we know of today.

Heimskringla was written by Snorri Sturluson, who was not Norwegian but an Icelander.

They only really took to writing after they converted to Christianity, which is why we have stuff like Snorri Sturluson's Eddas.

In Snorri Sturluson's 13th century telling of the flood after Ymir's death, Bergelmir and his wife escaped by holding on to a hollowed-out tree trunk.

A great example about lost work is that the insights we have onto Viking mythology was pretty much documented by a single guy, Snorri Sturluson.

And for those unfamiliar, the (also amazingly named) historian Snori Sturluson explains: "Two ravens sit on his (Odin’s) shoulders and whisper all the news which they see and hear into his ear; they are called Huginn and Muninn.

» - Scandinavia: « According to the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson, Bergelmir and his wife alone among the giants were the only survivors of the enormous deluge of blood which flowed from Ymir's wounds when he was killed by Odin and his brothers Vili and Vé.

And for those unfamiliar, the (also amazingly named) historian Snori Sturluson explains: "Two ravens sit on his (Odin’s) shoulders and whisper all the news which they see and hear into his ear; they are called Huginn and Muninn.

Another one, Snorri Sturluson, is responsible for writing down much of the Norse mythology that we know of today.

Heimskringla was written by Snorri Sturluson, who was not Norwegian but an Icelander.

They only really took to writing after they converted to Christianity, which is why we have stuff like Snorri Sturluson's Eddas.