Hyndlulióð
The Hyndlalied ( Hyndlulióð ) is the sixteenth and last of the gods' songs of the Elder Edda and is preserved in a single tradition in the Flateyjarbók (also known as GkS 1005 fol. Or Codex Flatöiensis ), an Icelandic manuscript that was written between 1387 and 1394.
The poem itself consists of 50 stanzas of eight lines each, which are complete with the exception of a few. In the Hyndlalied itself in the stanzas 28 to 41 the so-called smaller Völuspá , a prophecy about the end of the world Ragnarök , is inserted.
In the text, the goddess Freya seeks out the giantess Hyndla . She rides her boar Hildisvini , who, however, turns out to be the transformed human being Ottarr, her lover. This is in an inheritance dispute with an unspecified Angantyr and needs knowledge of his descent for this. Although the giantess sees through that the boar is Ottarr, she begins to list his ancestry. When, following this story, the goddess also tries to persuade Hyndla to give Ottarr a potion to make it easier for him to keep what he has heard, Hyndla refuses. Freya then threatens to cast a spell on her that will kindle her insatiable desire for physical love. So Hyndla gives in, but in turn utters a curse over the potion for Ottarr, which Freya thwarted.
literature
- Hugo Christoph Heinrich Meyer: The Hyndlalied (from the Old Norse Song Edda). Asgard-Verlag, Munich undated (around 1913).
- Klaus von See , Beatrice La Farge, Eve Picard, Katja Schulz (eds.): Commentary on the songs of the Edda. Volume 3: Songs of the Gods. Volundarkviða, Alvíssmál, Baldrs draumar, Rígsþula, Hyndlolióð, Grottasongr. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-1136-8 -
- Julia Zernack: Hyndlulióð. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Volume 15: Planers - Iznik. 2nd, completely revised and greatly expanded edition. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2000, ISBN 3-11-016649-6 , p. 306.
