Hárbarðslióð
The Hárbarðslióð ( old north. Harbard song ) is a song of the gods of the Edda songs , which is divided into 60 verses. In contrast to other songs, it consists of only a few complete Ljóðaháttr and Fornyrðislag verses, which are interrupted by individual metric lines.
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Das Hárbarðslióð tells how Thor in a beggar's robe reaches a bank after a trip east and calls there for the ferryman Hárbarðr (old north, gray beard ). This is the disguised Odin and refuses him the crossing. In the resulting argument, Hárbarðr mocks Thor and portrays him as a strong but stupid warrior who can do nothing better than fight against giants. The plot culminates in the sentence: "Odhin has the princes who fall in battle, / Thôr has the sex of the Thrale (servants)."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hárbarðslióð , verse 6: "You stand barefoot in beggar's robe, / You don't even have pants on."
- ^ Hárbarðslióð , verse 24
literature
- Editions, translations
- Finnur Jónsson : De gammle Eddadigte. GEC Gads Forlog, København 1932.
- Gustav Neckel (ed.): Edda. The songs of the Codex Regius and related monuments, 1st text. 5th revised edition by Hans Kuhn , Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 1983.
- Felix Genzmer : Edda: II. God poetry and poetry. 3rd edition, Eugen Diedrichs Verlag, Jena 1934. ( Thule Collection , 2)
- Arnulf Krause : The songs of the gods of the older Edda . Reclam, Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 978-3-15-018426-4 .
- Research literature
- Carol J. Clover: Hárbarðslióð as a generic farce. In: Scandinavian Studies , 51 (1979), pp. 124-145.
- Carol J. Clover: Hárbarðslióð. In: Joseph R Strayer (Ed.): Dictionary of the Middle Ages . Vol. 6 Grosseteste - Italian Literature. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City 1985, ISBN 0-684-18168-1 , p. 98.
- Beatrice La Farge: Hárbarðslióð. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1999, ISBN 3-11-016315-2 , pp. 649-652.
- Klaus von See , Beatrice La Farge, Eve Picard, Ilona Priebe and Katja Schulz: Commentary on the songs of the Edda. Vol. 2: Songs of the Gods (Skírnismál, Hárbarðslióð, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða). Winter, Heidelberg 1997, ISBN 3-8253-0534-1 .
- Rudolf Simek , Hermann Pálsson : Lexicon of Old Norse Literature (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 490). Kröner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-520-49001-3 .
- Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .
- Jan de Vries : Old Norse literary history. (= Outline of Germanic Philology ) 15/16. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1941, 3rd unchanged edition in one volume with a foreword by Stefanie Würth 1999, ISBN 3-11-016330-6 .
