Bragi

Representation of Carl Wahlbom (1810-1858)

Bragi (from old north. Bragr , "the noblest", "chief", "prince", "poetry") is the god of poetry in Nordic mythology , who greets the fallen heroes in Valhalla . He is a son of Odin and belongs to the Aesir . He is married to Idun .

Since Bragi is not explicitly mentioned as a god before the 12th century, it seems reasonable to see in him a late deification of the skald Bragi Boddason the old , who lived in the 9th century. Snorri inserted some stanzas of the Ragnarsdrápa he wrote into the Edda . In addition, some individual stanzas from him have survived.

literature

• Wolfgang Golther : Handbook of Germanic Mythology . Newly set and revised edition after the Leipzig edition in 1895. Marix, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-38-X , pp. 481–482.
• Rudolf Simek : Gods and Cults of the Teutons . Verlag CH Beck , Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-50835-9 , pp. 70, 73, 80, 82.
• Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .
• Manfred Stange (ed.): The Edda . Songs of the gods, heroic songs and proverbs of the Germanic tribes, Marix, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-14-2 .
• Heinz Klingenberg :  Bragi. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 3, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1978, ISBN 3-11-006512-6 , pp. 334–337.

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