Snotra
In Norse mythology, Snotra is the goddess of wisdom, virtue, and modesty. She is considered a wise and petite Asin. Virtuous people find protection with her and the people who are also clever and sensitive are named after her.
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In chapter 35 of the Prose Edda in the book Gylfaginning 16 are Asen (ásynjur) mentioned. Snotra is the 13th in this series. She is described as "smart and polite". It is also pointed out that a clever woman or a clever man was referred to as snotr in Old Icelandic . In the prose Edda in the book Skáldskaparmál it is named under 27 untersir. Apart from these two sources, the asin has not been proven.
Theories
Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek claim that Snotra, since it appears only in the Prose Edda , is an invention of Snorri . Orchard continues, however, that Snorri had access to lost sources and that the little information about her was derived from the meaning of her name.
Simek, on the other hand, postulates that Snorri invented Snotra and derived it from the Old Norse word snotr ("clever") and placed it next to important deities. Perhaps the goddesses Snotra, Saga , Hlín , Sjöfn , Var - according to Simek - are female protective goddesses who were worshiped for certain tasks in the private sphere and resemble matrons .
Popular culture
Snotra is a reborn goddess in the New Zealand fantasy comedy " The Almighty Johnsons ". Rachel Nash plays the role of Ingrid / Snotra.
literature
- Eysteinn Björnsson (ed.). Snorra-Edda: Formáli & Gylfaginning: Textar fjögurra meginhandrita . 2005. http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/gg/
- Simek, Rudolf. Dictionary of Northern Mythology . 2007. Trans. Angela Hall. Cambridge: DS Brewer. ISBN 0859913694 , 1996, ISBN 0-85991-513-1
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). Kröner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-520-36801-3 , p. 368.
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Simek :: Dictionary of Northern Mythologie 2007, p. 296 .