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Note to Þul Ása I 1III

[4] Váli: A son of Óðinn and Rindr (see Þul Ásynja 2/2), born to avenge Baldr (Bdr 11/1-4, Hyndl 29/5-8). In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 19), Váli is called hefni-Ás Baldr<s> ‘Baldr’s avenging god’, dólg Haðar ok bana hans ‘enemy of Hǫðr and his slayer’ (see Hǫðr, l. 10 below). Váli is also one of the gods who will survive Ragnarǫk (see Vafþr 51/1-3 and Gylf, SnE 2005, 53, where his name is mentioned along with Víðarr, l. 3 above). See also the next name. In Gylf (SnE 2005, 49), Váli is the name of a son of Loki (see SnE 1998, II, 515-16).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  3. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Internal references
  5. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 29 March 2024)
  6. (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 29 March 2024)
  7. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Ásynja heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 765.
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