Thrudgelmir
Thrudgelmir ( Old Norse Þrúðgelmir , 'power roar ') is a giant (Jötun) in Norse mythology who belongs to the ancient giants .
swell
His name is only mentioned in the song Vafþrúðnismál . There he is referred to as the son of the first giant Aurgelmir and the father of the giant Bergelmir :
„Ørófi vetra, áðr væri iorð scǫpuð,
þá var Bergelmir borinn;
Þrúðgelmir var þess faðir,
enn Aurgelmir afi. "
“Countless years before the earth was created
, Bergelmir was born;
Thrudgelmir was his father,
Aurgelmir his grandfather. "
- - Vafþrúðnismál 29
In the same song it is said of his father Aurgelmir that he produced a girl and a boy, as well as a six-headed son with his feet. It is not explicitly stated whether Thrudgelmir was one of the two named sons, but it is entirely possible from the context of the text:
“Undir hendi vaxa qváðo hrímþursi
mey oc mǫg saman;
fótr við foti gat ins fróða iotuns
sexhǫfðaðan son. "
“It is said that
girls and boys grew under the arm of the frost giant [Aurgelmir] ;
the foot with the foot of the wise giant fathered
a six-headed son. "
- - Vafþrúðnismál 33
In his Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson equated Aurgelmir-Ymir's foot-fathered son with Bergelmir's father, without mentioning Thrudgelmir by name. This results from the fact that he says both about the foot-conceived son and about Bergelmir that all frost giants are descended from them:
“En svá he says, at þá he hann svaf, fekk hann sveita.
Þá óx undir vinstri hendi honum maðr ok kona,
ok annarr fótr hans gat son við öðrum, en þaðan af kómu ættir.
Þat eru hrímþursar.
[...]
Hann kalla jötnar Bergelmi. […],
Ok eru af þeim komnar hrímþursa ættir, […] "
“It is said that he [Aurgelmir / Ymir] began to sweat while he was sleeping.
A man and a woman grew under his left arm.
And one foot and the other begat a son from whom whole families were descended.
These are the frost giants.
[...]
The giants call it Bergelmir. [...]
The races of the frost giants descend from him, [...]. "
- - S NORRI S TURLUSON : Prose Edda: Gylfaginning 5 and 7
In the Þulur , Thrudgelmir is called Heiti for giant ( Jötunn ). That is, a poet could use the name as a synonym for giant.
reception
In research, this equation of the Prose Edda is only partially followed . It is also argued that the poet of Vafþrúðnismál deliberately wanted to create a three-generation series of ancient giants and invented the giant Thrudgelmir, as his name is only mentioned in this song and is that name within the three-generation series which is easiest to interpret.
literature
- John Lindow: Handbook of Norse Mythology. ABC-CLIO Ltd, USA 2001, ISBN 978-1-57607-217-2
- Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ John Lindow (2001) p. 292: "strength-yeller"
- ↑ Lieder-Edda: Vafþrúðnismál 29th text edition based on Titus Project, URL: http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/germ/anord/edda/edda.htm , accessed on November 24, 2009.
- ↑ a b translation after Arnulf Krause: The songs of gods and heroes of the Elder Edda. Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 978-3-15050-047-7 .
- ↑ Lieder-Edda: Vafþrúðnismál 33. Text edition based on the Titus Project, URL: http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/germ/anord/edda/edda.htm , accessed on November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Prosa-Edda: Gylfaginning 5th text edition according to CyberSamurai, URL: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 24, 2009.
- ↑ Prosa-Edda: Gylfaginning 7th text edition according to CyberSamurai, URL: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 24, 2009.
- ^ Arnulf Krause: The Edda of Snorri Sturluson. Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-15000-782-2
- ↑ Þulur, III 5. - Jǫtna heiti I.
- ↑ For example: Simek (2006)
- ^ John Lindow (2001) p. 292
