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As an historian and mythographer, Snorri is remarkable for proposing the theory (in the Prose Edda) that mythological gods begin as human war leaders and kings whose funereal sites develop cults. As people call upon the dead war leader as they go to battle, or the dead king as they face tribal hardship, they begin to venerate the figure. Eventually, the king or warrior is remembered only as a god. He also proposed that as tribes defeat others, they explain their victory by proposing that their own gods were in battle with the gods of the others.

Snorri sailed the summer of 1218 from Iceland to NorwayThe Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country west of Sweden on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norway's famous fjords are found. In addition to Sweden, it borders R. There he visited Skule Jarl during the winter, and the following summer (1219) the law speaker Eskil Magnusson (Bjälboätten) and his wife Kristina Nilsdotter Blake in Skara. They were both related to royal family and gave Snorri a nice insight into the history of SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf.

Snorri became involved in an unsuccessful rebellion against King Hákon HákonarsonHakon IV surnamed the Old ( 1204 December 15, 1263), was declared to be the son of Hakon III of Norway, the leader of the Birkebeiner who had seized control over large parts of Norway in 1202. During an ongoing civil war between Birkebeiner and Bagler who, the King of NorwayThis article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland ( 1262- 1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262- 1814), and was subsequently killed at ReykholtThere are two villages with this name in Iceland: Reykholt (Borgarfjordur, West Iceland) The village is situated in the valley of the river Hvita, called the Reykholtsdalur. Here lived in the Middle Ages one of the most important persons in Icelandic hist (Borgarfjörður) where he had been living most of the time.

A statue of Snorri Sturluson by Norwegian sculptor Gustav VigelandGustav Vigeland ( April 11 1869 March 12 1943) was a Norwegian sculptor. He was born in Mandal, a small coastal town in the south of Norway. As a youth, he learned to read and carve wood at a local school. From 1884 to 1885, he was an apprentice to a prof was erected at Reykholt in 1947.

Note about the name: The correct Icelandic spelling of the name is Snorri Sturluson. Snorre Sturlason is the modern Norwegian spelling, whereas "Sturlusson" is a corrupt spelling. Since Sturluson is a patronym and not an actual surname, Snorri Sturluson should always be referred to as either "Snorri Sturluson" or "Snorri", never as "Sturluson" only.