Eugene Mogk
Eugen Mogk (born July 19, 1854 in Döbeln , † May 4, 1939 in Leipzig ) was a German Nordist and folklorist, senior teacher at the Petri School and professor at the University of Leipzig .
Life
The study of philology and history in Leipzig 1875-1883 led in 1878 with studies on the Gylfaginning to the doctorate and in 1883 to the state examination. Mogk was the senior teacher at the Realgymnasium in Leipzig from 1883 to 1919. In 1889 he completed his habilitation in Nordic philology at the University of Leipzig with the work: The so-called second grammatical treatise of the Snorra Edda . Introduction, text, translation . 1888-1893 Mogk taught as a private lecturer in Nordic philology at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig, from 1893-1901 he was nplao there. Professor of Nordic Philology, 1901–1923 then regular associate professor and finally 1923–25 full professor of Nordic philology. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . He was a member of the Royal Danish Antiquities Society , the Société Finne-Ougrienne, the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig and the Association for Saxon Folklore . He was also a member of the Leipzig artists' association Die Leoniden .
Mogk had three sons: the youngest was the university librarian Helmut Mogk ; the oldest, Walther, was a botanist and died in France in August 1914; the middle one, Werner, was a doctor.
Publications (selection)
- History of Norwegian-Icelandic literature , Strasbourg 1889.
- (Mithrsg.) Old Norse Saga Library , 18 vols., Halle an der Saale 1892–1929.
- The human sacrifices of the Teutons , Leipzig 1909.
- Origin of the medieval atonement crosses , Leipzig 1929.
- From the germination period of the 'Association of German Associations for Folklore'. In: Folklore gifts. John Meier offered on his seventieth birthday , Berlin: de Gruyter 1934, pp. 142–145.
- Germanic religious history and mythology: the gods, demons, oracles, magic and death cults of the Teutons , Leipzig 2010 (reprint)
literature
- Gustaf Cederschiöld: Letters to Hugo Gering and Eugen Mogk . With the collaboration of Birgit Hoffmann ed. v. Hans Fix (Saarbrücken, AQ-Verlag, 2016, 630 p. ISBN 978-3-942701-23-5 )
Web links
- Literature by and about Eugen Mogk in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eugen Mogk in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Overview of Eugen Mogk's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1889 to summer semester 1914)
- Sühnekreuz.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mogk, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nordist and professor at the University of Leipzig |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chub |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1939 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |