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Odin (from The Prose Edda)

Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241)
[speaking in the character of the god, Odin]

“Haven’t you heard that the gods built a bridge from the earth to the sky and it is called Bifrost? You will have seen it, and possibly you call it the rainbow.”

  • From The Prose Edda (Gylfaginning, chapter 13) by Snorri Sturluson, translated by Jesse Byock. New York: Penguin Books, 2005.

 

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