Grani (mythology)
Grani is a horse from Norse mythology . The father of Grani is, according Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga , Sleipnir , the eight-legged horse of Odin . In several medieval sagas, the gray horse Grani Siegfried accompanies the dragon slayer (Sigurd) on his adventures.
Disguised as an old man, Odin advises Sigurd that he should choose Grani, Sleipnir's son, as his horse. Grani has wonderful qualities like strength and wisdom. Grani overcomes the Waberlohe , the circle of flames around Brünehild , he can only be ridden by Sigurd and mourns with Guðrún for the death of her husband Sigurd (Guðrúnarkviða II).
In the Ramsund carving , Grani is shown carrying the treasure of the dragon Fafnir . Grani is also depicted on the door of the Hylestad stave church carrying the treasure.
reception
In Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen , Grane is Brünhild's horse. In Tolkien's narrative poem The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún Grani appears as Sigurd's horse.
In modern English-language retellings of the Sigurd legend, Grani is also called "Greyfell".
The Faroe Islands issued a series of stamps on Nordic mythology around 2001, some of which show well-known scenes with Grani, for example how Grani overcomes the Waberlohe and how he and Gudrun mourn the death of his master.
Grane and Brünhild sacrifice themselves at the end of Götterdämmerung , illustration by Arthur Rackham
Cocotte was a gift from Ludwig II of Bavaria . The horse played the role of Grane in the first performance of the Ring in Bayreuth
Grani and the sword of grief
Grani, with Siegfried on his back, overcomes the Waberlohe that surrounds Brünhild
Grani and Gudrun mourn the death of his master
See also
Individual evidence
- Régis Boyer, La Saga de Sigurdr ou la Parole donnée, Éd. du Cerf, coll. «Patrimoines. Scandinavie », 1989
- Claude Lecouteux, Saga de Théodoric de Vérone, Honoré Champion, 2001
- ↑ The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, JRR Tolkien, ISBN 3608937951
- ^ The story of Siegfried, James Baldwin (1841–1925), ISBN 198157610X