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Þrymlur
''Þrymlur'' is an Icelandic mythological ''rÃmur'' cycle dated to the 15th century. Þrymlur narrates Thor's reclaiming of his hammer Mjöllnir from the giant Þrymr, a myth also preserved in the Eddic poem ''Þrymskviða''. The version in ''Þrymlur'' is believed to be based on that of ''Þrymskviða'', but is in some respects more detailed and has some independent elements. The cycle consists of three ''rÃmur'', each in a different verse form. The first is in '' ferskeytt'', the second in '' braghent'' and the third in '' stafhent''. The ''rÃmur'' are only preserved in one medieval manuscript, '' Staðarhólsbók''. The beginning of the first ''rÃma'' is lost. Sophus Bugge argued that the Scandinavian ballad '' Torsvisen'' was originally based on ''Þrymlur'', pointing out some parallels. Finnur Jónsson Finnur Jónsson (May 29, 1858 – March 30, 1934) was an Icelandic philologist and Professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Copenhagen. He made extensive co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þrymskviða
''Þrymskviða'' (Þrym's Poem; the name can be Old Norse orthography, anglicised as ''Thrymskviða'', ''Thrymskvitha'', ''Thrymskvidha'' or ''Thrymskvida'') is one of the best known poems from the ''Poetic Edda''. The Norse mythology, Norse myth had enduring popularity in Scandinavia and continued to be told and sung in several forms until the 19th century. Synopsis In the poem ''Þrymskviða'', Thor wakes and finds that his powerful hammer, Mjöllnir, is missing. Thor turns to Loki first, and tells him that nobody knows that the hammer has been stolen. The two then go to the court of the goddess Freyja, and Thor asks her if he may borrow her Feather cloak#Germanic, feather cloak so that he may attempt to find Mjöllnir. Freyja agrees, saying she would lend it even if it were made of silver and gold, and Loki flies off, the feather cloak whistling. In Jötunheimr, the ''jötunn'' lord Þrymr sits on a Tumulus, burial mound, plaiting golden collars for his female dogs, and tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RÃmur
In Icelandic literature, a ''rÃma'' (, literally "a rhyme", pl. ''rÃmur'', ) is an epic poetry, epic poem written in any of the so-called ''rÃmnahættir'' (, "rÃmur meters"). They are rhymed, they alliterative verse, alliterate and consist of two to four lines per stanza. The plural, ''rÃmur'', is either used as an ordinary plural, denoting any two or more rÃmur, but is also used for more expansive works, containing more than one rÃma as a whole. Thus ''Ólafs rÃma Haraldssonar'' denotes an epic about Olav II of Norway, Ólafr Haraldsson in one rÃma, while ''Núma rÃmur'' are a multi-part epic on Numa Pompilius. Form ''RÃmur'', as the name suggests, rhyme, but like older Germanic alliterative verse, they also contain structural alliteration. ''RÃmur'' are stanzaic, and stanzas normally have four lines. There are hundreds of ''rÃma'' meters: Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson counts 450 variations in his ''Háttatal''. But they can be grouped in approximately ten ''families''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þrymr
In Norse mythology, Þrymr (''Thrymr'', ''Thrym''; "noise"Rudolf Simek, trans. Angela Hall, ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology'', Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1993, repr. 2000, p. 330.John McKinnell, "Myth as Therapy: The Usefulness of ''Þrymskviða''", ''Medium Ævum'' 69.1 (2000) 1–20, p. 19, note 62.) was a jötunn. He is the namesake of the Eddic poem ''Þrymskviða'', in which he stole Thor's hammer Mjǫlnir, and the same tale is told in '' Þrymlur''. Another mention of Þrymr is in the '' þulur'' appended to the ''Prose Edda'', probably deriving from ''Þrymskviða''. Three figures named Þrymr, including a king and a jötunn, are mentioned in '' Hversu Noregr byggðist''. ''Þrymskviða'' Through Loki, Þrymr conveys his demand for the goddess Freyja's hand in marriage as the price for returning Mjǫlnir, which he has buried eight leagues under the ground. When Loki flies to Jǫtunheimar using Freyja's feather cloak, he finds Þrymr sitting on a mound, twisting gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is ReykjavÃk, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norse Mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The North Germanic languages, northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities, beings, and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period, including medieval manuscripts, archaeological representations, and folk tradition. The source texts mention numerous gods such as the thunder-god Thor, the Huginn and Muninn, raven-flanked god Odin, the goddess Freyja, and List of Germanic deities, numerous other deities. Most of the surviving mythology centers on the plights of the gods and their interaction with several other beings, such as humanity and the jötnar, beings who may be friends, lovers, foes, or family members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor
Thor (from ) is a prominent list of thunder gods, god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding æsir, god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology, sacred groves and trees, Physical strength, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility. Besides Old Norse , the deity occurs in Old English as , in Old Frisian as ', in Old Saxon as ', and in Old High German as , all ultimately stemming from the Proto-Germanic theonym , meaning 'Thunder'. Thor is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from the Roman Empire, Roman occupation of regions of , to the Germanic expansions of the Migration Period, to his high popularity during the Viking Age, when, in the face of the process of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of his hammer, , were worn and Norse paganism, Norse pagan personal names containing the name of the god bear witness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poetic Edda
The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems in alliterative verse. It is distinct from the closely related ''Prose Edda'', although both works are seminal to the study of Old Norse poetry. Several versions of the ''Poetic Edda'' exist; especially notable is the medieval Icelandic manuscript '' Codex Regius'', which contains 31 poems. Composition The ''Eddic poems'' are composed in alliterative verse. Most are in ''fornyrðislag'' ("old story metre"), while '' málaháttr'' ("speech form") is a common variation. The rest, about a quarter, are composed in '' ljóðaháttr'' ("song form"). The language of the poems is usually clear and relatively unadorned. Kennings are often employed, though they do not arise as frequently, nor are they as complex, as those found in typical skaldic poetry. Authorship Like most early poetry, the Eddic poems were minstrel poems, passed orally from singer to singer and from poet to po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferskeytt
''Ferskeytt'' (literally 'four-cornered') is an Icelandic stanzaic poetic form. It is a kind of quatrain, and probably first attested in fourteenth-century ''rÃmur'' such as ''Ólafs rÃma Haraldssonar''. It remains one of the dominant metrical forms in Icelandic versifying to this day. ''Ferskeytt'' comprises odd-numbered, basically trochaic lines with four stresses in the pattern / x / x / x /, alternating with even-numbered trochaic lines with three stresses in the pattern / x / x / x. In each line, one unstressed syllable may be replaced with two unstressed syllables. Stanzas are normally of four lines, and rhyme aBaB. In the first line, two heavily stressed syllables alliterate with the first heavily stressed syllable of the second line, and so on in the usual alliterative pattern of Germanic alliterative verse In meter (poetry), prosody, alliterative verse is a form of poetry, verse that uses alliteration as the principal device to indicate the underlying Metre (poetry), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
