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Jǫtna heiti I — Þul Jǫtna IIII

Anonymous Þulur

Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Jǫtna heiti I’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 706. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3184> (accessed 23 April 2024)

 

This is the first þula (Þul Jǫtna I) to contain the names of the giants. It is recorded in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, C, A and B (and 744ˣ) of SnE. In mss Tˣ, A and B the þula is introduced with the chapter heading Jǫtna heiti ‘Names of giants’ (in A, as usual, written in red ink). In the sequence of þulur in R, Tˣ and C, Þul Jǫtna I is preceded by Þul Sækonunga and followed by Þul Trollkvenna. In mss A and B Þul Jǫtna I and Þul Jǫtna II have been merged into one list (see also Introduction to Þul Jǫtna II). In these two mss the combined þula of Jǫtna heiti is preceded by Þul Dverga and followed by Þul Trollkvenna. Most of the heiti in this list, as well as those included in Þul Jǫtna II, are recorded in LaufE (LaufE 1979, 282, 359-60). The arrangement of the names is the same as in mss A and B of SnE (they are given as one list) and, with one exception (see Introduction to Þul Jǫtna II), the variants also follow A. The same list is given in alphabetical order in RE 1665(Gg2). Neither LaufE nor RE 1665 has been considered in the present edition. The following names of giants listed below are also recorded in Allra flagða þula ‘The þula of all trolls’ in Vilhjálms saga sjóðs (Loth 1962-5, IV, 66-8): Iði (st. 1/4), Hrungnir, Hrímnir (the latter name as a variant; st. 1/5), Hrauðnir, Grímnir (st. 1/6), Þrymr (st. 2/7), Geitir (st. 3/3), Surtr, Stórverkr (st. 4/1) and Dumbr (st. 6/3).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. LaufE 1979 = Faulkes, Anthony, ed. 1979. Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar (Laufás Edda). RSÁM 13. Vol. I of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977-9.
  3. Loth, Agnete, ed. 1962-5. Late Medieval Icelandic Romances. 5 vols. EA B 20-4. Copenhagen: Munksgaard.
  4. Internal references
  5. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
  6. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Sækonunga heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 677. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3183> (accessed 23 April 2024)
  7. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Trollkvenna heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 723. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3185> (accessed 23 April 2024)
  8. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Jǫtna heiti II’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 718. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3188> (accessed 23 April 2024)
  9. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Dverga heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 692. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3227> (accessed 23 April 2024)
  10. Not published: do not cite ()
  11. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ 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=10928> (accessed 23 April 2024)
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