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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Hræsvelgr''' ("Corpse Swallower") is a [[Jötunn|giant]] who takes [[eagle]] form. According to stanza 37 of the poem ''[[Vafþrúðnismál]]'' from the ''[[Poetic Edda]]'', he sits at the end of the world (or the northern edge of the heavens) and causes the wind to blow when he beats his wings in flight. This is repeated by [[Snorri]] in the ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' section of his ''[[Prose Edda]]''. |
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'''Hræsvelgr''' ([[Old Norse]]){{IPA needed|date=November 2024}} is a [[jötunn]] in [[Norse mythology]]. He is portrayed as the [[eagle]]-shaped originator of the wind.{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=181}} |
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==Name== |
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The [[Old Norse]] name ''Hræsvelgr'' has been translated as 'corpse-swallower',{{Sfn|Orchard|1997|p=192}}{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=182}} or as 'shipwreck-current'.{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=182}} |
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==Attestation== |
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In ''[[Vafþrúðnismál]]'' (The Lay of [[Vafþrúðnir]]), Odin questions the wise [[jötunn]] Vafþrúðnir about the origin of the wind, and the jötunn answers:{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=181}} |
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{{Poem quote|text=He is called Hræsvelg, |
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who sits at heaven’s end, |
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a giant, in the shape of an eagle; |
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from his wings |
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they say the wind comes over all people.|char=|sign=|title=''Vafþrúðnismál''|source=37, trans. [[John Lindow|J. Lindow]], 2002.}} |
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This stanza is paraphrased by [[Snorri Sturluson]] in ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' (The Beguiling of [[Gylfi]]), when [[High, Just-as-High, and Third|Hárr]] answers the same question, that time asked by Gangleri ([[Gylfi]] in disguise).{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=182}} Snorri adds that Hræsvelgr sits at the north end of heaven, and that winds originate from under his gigantic eagle’s wings when he spreads them for flight.{{Sfn|Lindow|2002|p=182}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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*Faulkes, Anthony (transl.) (1987). ''Edda'' (Snorri Sturluson). [[Everyman's Library|Everyman]]. ISBN 0-460-87616-3. |
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*Larrington, Carolyne (transl.) (1996). ''The Poetic Edda''. [[Oxford World's Classics]]. ISBN 0-19-283946-2. |
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===Bibliography=== |
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*{{Cite book|last=Faulkes|first=Anthony|title=Edda|publisher=Everyman|year=1987|isbn=0-460-87616-3|edition=1995|author-mask=Faulkes, Anthony, trans.}} |
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*{{Cite book|last=Lindow|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC|title=Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs|date=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983969-8|language=en|author-link=John Lindow}} |
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*{{Cite book|last=Orchard|first=Andy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIujQgAACAAJ|title=Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend|date=1997|publisher=Cassell|isbn=978-0-304-34520-5|language=en|author-link=Andy Orchard}} |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1998). "Hræsvelgr, the Wind-Giant, Reinterpreted" in ''A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual and Folklore in Old Icelandic Sources''. ISBN |
*Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1998). "Hræsvelgr, the Wind-Giant, Reinterpreted" in ''A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual and Folklore in Old Icelandic Sources''. {{ISBN|978-9979-54-264-3}}. |
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Latest revision as of 17:40, 19 November 2024
Hræsvelgr (Old Norse)[needs IPA] is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is portrayed as the eagle-shaped originator of the wind.[1]
Name
[edit]The Old Norse name Hræsvelgr has been translated as 'corpse-swallower',[2][3] or as 'shipwreck-current'.[3]
Hræsvelgr's name is sometimes anglicised as Hraesvelgr, Hresvelgr, Hraesveglur, or Hraesvelg. The common Danish form is Hræsvælg and the common Swedish form is Räsvelg.[citation needed]
Attestation
[edit]In Vafþrúðnismál (The Lay of Vafþrúðnir), Odin questions the wise jötunn Vafþrúðnir about the origin of the wind, and the jötunn answers:[1]
He is called Hræsvelg,
who sits at heaven’s end,
a giant, in the shape of an eagle;
from his wings
they say the wind comes over all people.— Vafþrúðnismál, 37, trans. J. Lindow, 2002.
This stanza is paraphrased by Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning (The Beguiling of Gylfi), when Hárr answers the same question, that time asked by Gangleri (Gylfi in disguise).[3] Snorri adds that Hræsvelgr sits at the north end of heaven, and that winds originate from under his gigantic eagle’s wings when he spreads them for flight.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lindow 2002, p. 181.
- ^ Orchard 1997, p. 192.
- ^ a b c d Lindow 2002, p. 182.
Bibliography
[edit]- Faulkes, Anthony, trans. (1987). Edda (1995 ed.). Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3.
- Lindow, John (2002). Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983969-8.
- Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-34520-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1998). "Hræsvelgr, the Wind-Giant, Reinterpreted" in A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual and Folklore in Old Icelandic Sources. ISBN 978-9979-54-264-3.
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