In a book by this author’s nephew, this author yells “don’t strike!” before being murdered in a cellar. In a book by this author, a man “seeds” a plain with gold to slow a pursuing king who “grovels like a pig” to grab a ring. This author advised against “driven” phrases with more than six determinants in a commentary on a poem he wrote using “court meter” and 94 other verse forms. In a story recorded by this author, a character repeatedly wakes to wonder whether a leaf, bird droppings, or an (*) acorn fell on his head as a traveler strikes it. A book by this author opens with a euhemerized (“yoo-HEEM-er-ized”) account in which a king marries the Sibyl and leaves Troy to settle in Europe. A poetic guidebook by this author summarizes myths to explain kennings like “Sif’s hair.” For 10 points, name this author credited with writing the Heimskringla, as well as the Skáldskaparmál and the rest of the Prose Edda. ■END■
ANSWER: Snorri Sturluson [prompt on Sturluson] (The first sentence is from the Íslendinga saga, the section of the Sturlunga Saga by Sturla Thordarson. The following clues refer to rekit, dróttkvætt, Háttatal, Snorri’s version of the Hrólfr Kraki story, and the story of Thor and Skrymir.)
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