This day in history: Icelandic Historian Snorri Sturluson was assassinated on this day in 1241 by men claiming to be agents of the King of Norway. Most of what we know about Valhalla and the Valkyries, Odin and the Well of Wisdom, Thor and the twilight of the Gods, and the world tree Yggdrasil was written and preserved by Snorri Sturluson. His sagas represent a literary achievement which rivals Greek poems and epics which laid the foundation for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy, which thus laid the foundation for today's fantasy literature. His Eddas have become, over time, the holy books of the Viking Gods.
He also provided an early account of the discovery of Vinland, which was perhaps Greenland or eastern Canada 1000 years ago. A place so warm they could grow grapes, hence the name Vinland.
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