[2] Baldr: A god, Óðinn’s son, whose name is possibly related to OE bealdor ‘lord’ (AEW: Baldr; for a discussion of this name and the god, see Liberman 2004). The myth of Baldr’s death is known from eddic poems (cf. Bdr, Vsp 31-3, 62/4-7, Hyndl 29-30/1, etc.) and also from Gylf (SnE 2005, 45-8) and Saxo (Saxo 2005, I, 3, 2, 3-3, 7, pp. 190-203). See also Note to Anon Eirm 3/5I.
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- Saxo 2005 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / Danmarkshistorien. Trans. Peter Zeeberg. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Det danske sprog- og litteraturselskab & Gads forlag.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Liberman, Anatoly. 2004. ‘Some Controversial Aspects of the Myth of Baldr’. alv 11, 17-54.
- Internal references
- R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Eiríksmál 3’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1008.
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 19 April 2024)
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