The A to Z of the Vikings 25. This book provides a comprehensive work of reference for people interested in the Vikings, including entries on the main historical figures involved in this dramatic period, important battles and treaties, significant archaeological finds, and key works and sources of information on the period. It also summarizes the impact the Vikings had on the areas where they traveled and settled. There is a chronological table, detailed and annotated bibliographies for different themes and geographical locations, and an introduction discussing the major events and developments of the Viking age | 218 PROSE EDDA cal material and the second with poetry about heroic figures. Some of the most well-known mythological poems within the Poetic Edda are Voluspd Hdvamdl Rlgspula Lokasenna and Prymskvida. The heroic section includes 16 poems about Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer as well as poems about the Norse heroes Helgi Hundingsbani and Helgi HjorvarSsson. The Poetic Edda is one of the most important sources for Norse mythology and cosmology and has given its name to the genre known as Eddic poetry. PROSE EDDA. Also known as Snorra Edda or the Younger Edda the Prose Edda is a handbook for those wanting to compose skaldic poetry written by Snorri Sturluson. Together with the Poetic Edda it is one of the most important sources for Norse mythology and cosmology. The Prose Edda was composed around 1220 and consists of three main parts Gylfaginning Skdldskaparmdl and Hdttatal which are preceded by a prologue. The prologue describes how Odin and a great following of people left their home in Troy Asia and settled briefly in Saxony before moving north to Scandinavia. His descendants the men of Asia or sir spread throughout the northern countries of Denmark Sweden and Norway marrying and having children. Gylfaginning the following section describes how these sir came to be worshipped as gods and is the most important part of the Prose Edda for the study of Norse mythology. The other two sections Skaldskdparmdl and Hdttatal include lists of kennings heiti and rules for the composition of poetry all of which contain a good deal of material relating to various myths about the pagan gods of Scandinavia. - Q - QUENTOVIC. Important trading center in Frisia located on the River Canche near Etaples in present-day France. Occupation on the site dates back to the late sixth century when a mint was established there and the settlement later expanded to cover an area of approximately 45 hectares at its maximum extent. As well as being a center of cross-Channel trade craft activities such as
