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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Ámsvartnir''' ([[Old Norse]] "pitch black")<ref name=ORCHARD6>Orchard (1997:6).</ref> is a [[lake]] containing the island [[Lyngvi]], where the gods bound the wolf [[Fenrir]]. The lake is only referenced in the ''[[Prose Edda]],'' book ''[[Gylfaginning]]'', written in the 13th century by [[Snorri Sturluson]]. In the book, the enthroned figure of [[High, Just-As-High, and Third|High]] tells [[Gylfi|Gangleri]] (king [[Gylfi]] in disguise) that the gods and Fenrir fared across Amsvartnir to get to Lyngvi, and there bound Fenrir.<ref name="FAULKES28">Faulkes (1995:28).</ref> |
In [[Norse mythology]], '''Ámsvartnir''' ([[Old Norse]] "pitch black")<ref name=ORCHARD6>Orchard (1997:6).</ref> is a [[lake]] containing the island [[Lyngvi]], where the gods bound the wolf [[Fenrir]]. The lake is only referenced in the ''[[Prose Edda]],'' book ''[[Gylfaginning]]'', written in the 13th century by [[Snorri Sturluson]]. In the book, the enthroned figure of [[High, Just-As-High, and Third|High]] tells [[Gylfi|Gangleri]] (king [[Gylfi]] in disguise) that the gods and Fenrir fared across Amsvartnir to get to Lyngvi, and there bound Fenrir.<ref name="FAULKES28">Faulkes (1995:28).</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:39, 15 September 2023
In Norse mythology, Ámsvartnir (Old Norse "pitch black")[1] is a lake containing the island Lyngvi, where the gods bound the wolf Fenrir. The lake is only referenced in the Prose Edda, book Gylfaginning, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In the book, the enthroned figure of High tells Gangleri (king Gylfi in disguise) that the gods and Fenrir fared across Amsvartnir to get to Lyngvi, and there bound Fenrir.[2]
Since Amsvartnir is only mentioned in Gylfaginning, Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented the lake.[3]
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References
- Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3
- Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
- Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1