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Norse · Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 43

Skidbladnir, the folding ship

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ReferenceProse Edda, Gylfaginning 43
Writtenc. 1220 CE, Snorri Sturluson
SetMythic time
It has a favoring wind as soon as the sail is hoisted, whithersoever it is bound; but when there is no occasion for going to sea in it, it is made of so many things and with so much cunning that it may be folded together like a napkin and kept in one's pouch.

Translation: Brodeur, 1916 · About the translator

Read it literally

A craft big enough for all the gods that folds into a pocket. Built by dwarves, who are master engineers living underground.

What scholars say

Snorri was a Christian writing down older beliefs.

Looks like technology From the sky
People and places hereSnorri Sturluson

Quick answers about Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 43

Where is Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 43 found?

Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 43 (Norse). Translation quoted: Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, The Prose Edda (1916).

When was Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 43 written?

c. 1220 CE, Snorri Sturluson.

What do scholars say about Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 43?

Snorri was a Christian writing down older beliefs.

Sources

  1. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, The Prose Edda (1916)Primary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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