Snorri Sturluson: a brief look

Any time one engages with secondary sources, it becomes imperative to understand the inherent bias of the author.  The Prose Edda is no exception.  It is often treated as a primary source, but Snorri Sturluson was a non-heathen writing about heathen matters, and therefore his work cannot be truly primary, and his biases and the culture of the day must be taken into account when working with his Edda.  For this reason, we need to first look at Snorri's life. Snorri Sturluson was born in the winte