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Quotation from The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

“lo, he stood out of doors on a level plain, and saw no hall there and no castle.”

Snorri Sturluson (spoken by Narrator)

The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning LIV, trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916)

Portrait of Snorri Sturluson

After the account of Ragnarök, the hall and its three speakers vanish, leaving Gylfi to wonder whether he was beguiled.

Citation: "lo, he stood out of doors on a level plain, and saw no hall there and no castle." — Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning LIV, trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916). (id prose-edda-q6)

Portrait: Snorre Sturluson-Christian Krohg, Christian Krohg, Public domain.

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