Hlin

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In the Nordic mythology Hlín is (altnordisch "protector") to Snorri Sturluson and the nafnaþulur a female deity with the goddess Frigg is in close contact. She used this to protect people. Hlín is mentioned in a poem in the Völuspá and is there a synonym for Frigg himself. In the Skaldend the name is often used as Kenning for "woman".

Theories

Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek state that the Völuspá Hlín is just another name for Frigg. Probably Snorri misunderstood the verse and mistook her for a goddess of her own. Furthermore, Rudolf Simek adds that the goddesses Saga , Hlín, Sjöfn , Snotra , Vár and Vör also represent protective goddesses who were all responsible for certain tasks in the private sphere of people, comparable to the matrons . John Lindow notes that if Hlín is indeed Frigg, it means that Hlín's "second mourning" in Völuspá concerns the death of Odin , the first concerns the death of Baldur.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). Kröner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-520-36801-3 , p. 184.
  2. ^ Andy Orchard: Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell, London 1997, ISBN 0-304-34520-2 , p. 86.
  3. ↑ John Lindow: Norse Mythology. A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-19515-382-8 , p. 177.

literature

  • Björn Karel Þórólfsson, Guðni Jónsson: Vestfirðinga sǫgur. Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, Reykjavík 1943.
  • Ursula Dronke: The Poetic Edda. Volume II: Mythological Poems. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 1997, ISBN 0-19-811181-9 .
  • Anthony Faulkes: Edda. Everyman, London 1995, ISBN 0-460-87616-3 .
  • Finnur Jónsson: Lexicon Poeticum. SL Møllers Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen 1931.
  • Finnur Jónsson: Ordbog til de af samfund til udg. af gml. north. literature udgivne rímur including til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek udgivne bósarimur. J. Jørgensen & Co., Copenhagen 1926-1928
  • Finnur Jónsson: Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. A: Tekst efter handwriting (2 volumes). B: Rettet tekst (2 volumes). Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1912–1915.
  • Gísli Brynjúlfsson: Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings. Copenhagen 1860.
  • John Lindow: Norse Mythology. A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-19515-382-8 .
  • Andy Orchard: Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell, London 1997, ISBN 0-304-34520-2 .
  • Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). Kröner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-520-36801-3 , p. 184.