Saga (goddess)
Saga or Sága (also Laga ) is an aesic goddess in Norse mythology about whom little is known. Depending on the etymology , she is interpreted as the goddess of waters, or as the goddess of legends and stories, or as a seer.
She is considered the guardian of the baths of Sökkwabeck ( Söquabäd ). Cool tides of water flow around the silver palace. Here Sága is visited every evening by Odin , whose lover she is. They then drink “wisdom of the ages” from golden bowls and Odin bathes in the waters. Possibly a symbol for the evening sun that sinks into the sea can be seen here, with Odin as the sun and Sága as the ocean.
Since Frigg , Odin's wife, lives in Fensal ("swamp rooms"), the Sága, who lives in Sökkwabeck, could be identical to her.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Anton Tkány: Mythology of the old Germans and Slavs in connection with the most worth knowing from the area of the saga and superstition , pp. 54, 170, Hofmann, 1827 .
- ^ A b c Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .
- ^ Wilhelm Vollmer, Wilhelm Binder: Dictionary of the mythology of all peoples
- ↑ John Lindow: Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs , Oxford University Press 2001 , ISBN 0-19-515382-0