He convulses so violently that the whole earth shakes – it is what is known as an earthquake. When the bowl becomes full, she leaves to pour out the poison, and at that moment the poison drips on to Loki’s face. Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. But Sigyn, his wife, placed herself beside him from where she holds a bowl to catch the drops of venom. ‘Then Skadi took a poisonous snake and fastened it above Loki so that its poison drips on to his face. Next the Æsir took his guts, and with them they bound Loki on to the top of the three stones – one under his shoulders, a second under his loins and the third under his knees. The Æsir changed Vali into a wolf, and he ripped apart his brother Narfi. Then they caught Loki’s sons, Vali and Nari or Narfi.
They took three flat stones and, setting them on their edges, broke a hole through each of them. In it, Snorri compiled the old myths and legends of the Norsemen, in order that poets from his time might draw on these stories to keep the Icelandic-Viking heritage alive. “Loki was now captured, and with no thought of mercy he was taken to a cave. The Prose Edda (also known as Snorri's Edda or The Younger Edda) is a manual of poetics written by Snorri Sturluson around the year 1220.
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