Fárbauti
Fárbauti ("dangerous bat") is the name of a giant ( Jötunn ) in Norse mythology . Through Laufey (also Nál) he is the father of the god Loki .
Fárbauti is already mentioned in the older Skaldik as the father of Loki, for example in Haustlǫng by Þjóðólfr ór Hvini (around 900) and Húsdrápa by Úlfr Uggason (created between 980 and 990). In the Skáldskaparmál , the third part of the Snorra Edda from the early 13th century, it occurs three times in relation to the older sources. He is also mentioned in the Gylfaginning by the trinity Óðinn , Vili and Vé as Jötunn.
Older natural myth research interpreted it as a "lightning bolt" due to its name, Laufey ("island of leaves") as a tree and associated Loki with the blazing fire.
literature
- Sebastian Cöllen: Heimdallr - the enigmatic god: a philological and religious-historical investigation. De Gruyter, Berlin and Boston 2015. ISBN 978-3-11-042651-9 . P. 106ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Anders Hultgård: Loki. In: Heinrich Beck, Sebastian Brather , Dieter Geuenich , Wilhelm Heizmann , Steffen Patzold , Heiko Steuer (Hrsg.): Germanische Altertumskunde Online. European cultural history up to the High Middle Ages . De Gruyter, Berlin-New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-021953-1 , doi : 10.1515 / GAO .
- ^ Karl Joseph Simrock : Handbook of German mythology including the Nordic. Second much increased edition. Adolf Marcus, Bonn 1864. p. 102
- ^ Hermann Lüning : The Edda: A collection of old Norse gods and heroic songs. Original with explanatory notes, glossary and introduction, old Norse mythology and grammar. Meyer & Zeller, 1859. p. 80