Fiche du document
29 janvier 2021
- handle: 10670/1.i1cw4i
- isbn: 9781783748273
- eisbn: 9791036560804
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Mots-clés
Old English Old English heroic poem Beowulf Old Norse god Ing/Yngvi-Freyr Classics Literature LIT000000 DSSujets proches
Relevancy Pertinence Myths World literature Western literature (Western countries) Belles-lettresCiter ce document
Edward Pettit, « 7. Freyr, Skírnir and Gerðr », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.i1cw4i
Métriques
Partage / Export
Résumé
Further possible clues to the relevance of myths concerning the god Yngvi-Freyr and his circle may be found in Beowulf’s adventure in the mere. This episode displays a lengthy series of correspondences—to my knowledge, previously unrecognized—to an Old Norse story involving Freyr, his emissary Skírnir and a giantess called Gerðr. This myth is recounted principally in the Eddic poem Fǫr Skírnis ‘Skírnir’s Journey’ (alias Skírnismál ‘Skírnir’s Words’), briefly referred to in Lokasenna, and reto...