Sophus Bugge
Sophus Bugge (born January 5, 1833 in Larvik , † July 8, 1907 in Tynset ) was a Norwegian philologist who dealt particularly with the Norse language and literature, but also with runology . His work on the Edda for prose and song is particularly well known .
Life
Bugge received his training in Christiania (now Oslo ), Copenhagen and Berlin . In 1866 he was appointed professor for comparative linguistics and Old Norse in Christiania . In addition to studying Norwegian folk songs and traditions, he wrote about runic inscriptions and made an important contribution to Celtic , Romance , Oscar , Umbrian and Hittite philology. As a student he had traveled to Telemark to collect Norwegian folk songs.
Bugge has written a variety of philological and folkloric books. His best-known work is the critical edition of the Lieder-Edda published in 1867 (original title: Norrœn fornkvæði ). He took the view that the songs of the Edda and the oldest sagas were based on Christian and Latin traditions that had been imported into Scandinavia via England.
Bugge has been a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences since 1858 , the Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab since 1865 , the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala since 1872 , the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1878 , the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies since 1885 the Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhetssamhället i Göteborg and since 1887 the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . On January 21, 1896, he was decorated by the Norwegian king with the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav for "scientific merit". Since 1869 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
Publications
- 1858. Gamle Norske Folkeviser . Christiania ( archive.org )
- 1867. Norrœn fornkvæði . Christiania ( archive.org )
- 1890. Etruscan and Armenian. Comparative language research . Christiania
- 1894. Bidrag til den ældste Skaldedigtnings Historie . Christiania
- 1896. Helge-Digtee i Den Ældre Edda: deres Hjem og Forbindelser . Copenhagen. (English translation: The Home of the Eddic Poems , 1899)
- 1901. Norsk Sagafortælling og Sagaskrivning i Ireland . Christiania
fairy tale
The magic apples (cf. The story of little Muck ) - Sophus Bugge and Rikard Berge
literature
- Jens Braage Halvorsen: Bugge, Elseus Sophus. In: Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon 1814–1880 . First volume A – B. Kristiania 1885, pp. 510-518.
- Moltke Moe: Sophus Bugge. In: north. 1902, pp. 14-28. [Printed in: Moltke Moes samlede skrifter II . Oslo 1926.]
- Sproglige and historiske afhandlinger different Sophus Bugges minde . With the addition: To ungdomsbreve fra Sophus Bugge. fortegnelse over Sophus Bugges trykte arbeider . H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard). Kristiania 1908.
- Svale Solheim: Sophus Bugge (1833-1907). In: Dag Strömbäck (Ed.): Leading Folklorists of the North . Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1971, pp. 313-322.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 52.
- ↑ Member entry of Sophus Bugge at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on December 20, 2016.
- ↑ Nordic folk tales. Part II translated by Klara Stroebe, Eugen-Diederichs-Verlag, Jena 1922 and cf. also trolls, animals, good-for-nothing - Theodor Kittelsen's Nordic fairy tale world. Urachhaus publishing house, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-8251-7632-7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bugge, Sophus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bugge, Elseus Sophus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Larvik , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1907 |
| Place of death | Tynset , Norway |