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Note to KormǪ Sigdr 6III

[4] goð véltu Þjaza ‘the gods betrayed Þjazi’: The stál alludes to a myth about Þjazi preserved in Þjóð Haustl (see sts 2-13 and Notes there). If there is a connection between the myth and this stanza, it can only be established for the very beginning of the myth, when the gods initially refuse to share their meal and thus display a behaviour that is the antithesis of a generous ruler who provides food for everyone (Marold 1990a, 116). Furthermore, Þjazi has a special relationship to the house of the jarls of Lade, because he is the father of Skaði, the giantess progenitor of this dynasty (cf. Fidjestøl 1982, 94).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1982. Det norrøne fyrstediktet. Universitet i Bergen Nordisk institutts skriftserie 11. Øvre Ervik: Alvheim & Eide.
  3. Marold, Edith. 1990a. ‘Skaldendichtung und Mythologie’. In Pàroli 1990, 107-30.
  4. Internal references
  5. Margaret Clunies Ross 2017, ‘ Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Haustlǫng’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 431. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1438> (accessed 26 April 2024)

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