Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 53

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SnSt, Gylf ch. 53

Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 53 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (SnSt, Gylf ch. 53)

Snorri Sturluson Gylfaginning

52 53 54

text and translation

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hvort lifa nokkur goðin þá, eða er þá
nokkur jörð eða himinn?"

Hár segir: "Upp skýtur jörðunni þá úr sænum og er þá græn og
fögur. Vaxa þá akrar ósánir. Víðar og Váli lifa, svo að eigi
hefur særinn og Surtalogi grandað þeim, og byggja þeir á
Iðavelli, þar sem fyrr var Ásgarður, og þar koma þá synir
Þórs, Móði og Magni, og hafa þar Mjöllni. Því næst koma þar
Baldur og Höður frá Heljar, setjast þá allir samt og talast
við og minnast á rúnir sínar og ræða of tíðindi þau er fyrrum
höfðu verið, of Miðgarðsorm og um Fenrisúlf. Þá finna þeir í
grasinu gulltöflur þær er æsirnir höfðu átt. Svo er sagt:

Víðar og Váli

byggja vé goða

Þá er sortnar Surta logi,

Móði og Magni

skulu Mjöllni hafa

Vingnis að vígþroti.

En þar sem heitir Hoddmímisholt leynast menn tveir í
surtaloga er svo heita: Líf og Leifþrasir, og hafa
morgundöggvar fyrir mat. En af þessum mönnum kemur svo mikil
kynslóð að byggist heimur allur, svo sem hér segir:

Líf og Leifþrasir,

en þau leynast munu

í holti Hoddmímis.

Morgindöggvar

þau að mat hafa,

en þaðan af aldir alast.

Og hitt mun þér undarlegt þykja er sólin hefur getið dóttur
eigi ófegri en hún er, og fer sú þá stígu móður sinnar, sem
hér segir:

Eina dóttur
ber Álfröðull
áður hana Fenrir fari,
sú skal ríða
er regin deyja
móður brautir mær.

En nú, ef þú kannt lengra fram að spyrja, þá veit eg eigi
hvaðan þér kemur það, fyrir því að engan mann heyrði eg
lengra segja fram aldarfarið. Og njóttu nú sem þú namst."

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