Note to Anon Bjark 6III
[5] rauðmalmi Rínar ‘with the red metal of the Rhine <river> [GOLD]’: Although this kenning conforms to the type ‘fire of water’ (cf. Note to st. 5/7), the reference to the river Rhine has a special significance in the context of the legend of the Niflungar (Meissner 228-9 and see Note to l. 6 below), because the heroes Gunnarr and Hǫgni, who had Sigurðr killed and then took possession of the gold-hoard the latter had taken from Fáfnir, hid the gold in the river Rhine, in a spot where it has never been found (cf. SnE 1998, I, 48).
References
- Bibliography
- Meissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden: Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Rheinische Beiträge und Hülfsbücher zur germanischen Philologie und Volkskunde 1. Bonn and Leipzig: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.