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Quotation from The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
“This man is called Kvasir, and he was so wise that none could question him concerning anything but that he knew the solution.”
The Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál (the mead of poetry), trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916)
Bragi begins his answer to Ægir's question about the origin of poetry with Kvasir, made at the peace between Æsir and Vanir.
Citation: "This man is called Kvasir, and he was so wise that none could question him concerning anything but that he knew the solution." — Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál (the mead of poetry), trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916). (id prose-edda-q7)
Portrait: Snorre Sturluson-Christian Krohg, Christian Krohg, Public domain.
