In Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda, Gylfaginning is the section that narrates the stories of the Norse gods.
The title is usually translated as “The Beguiling of Gylfi” or “The Tricking of Gylfi.” It frames the mythology as a question-and-answer encounter between the Swedish king Gylfi and mysterious figures who explain the Norse cosmos, its gods, and its final destruction.
Gylfaginning includes accounts of creation, Yggdrasil, Odin, Thor, Baldr, Loki, Ragnarök, and the world’s renewal. Its narrative structure makes it especially accessible, although Snorri was writing centuries after the pagan religion had declined in Iceland.
The other major sections have different purposes. Skáldskaparmál explains poetic diction and mythological kennings, while Háttatal is a technical survey of verse forms. Völuspá belongs to the Poetic Edda, not to Snorri’s Prose Edda.