Odin’s Ways A Guide to the Pagan God in Medieval Literature 1st Edition by Annette Lassen ISBN 1032035714 978-1032035710

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ISBN 10: 1032035714
ISBN 13: 978-1032035710
Author: Annette Lassen

This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri’s Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin rather than the religious character of the god.

This is the only existing study of Odin in all the Old Norse/Icelandic texts and applies a contextual method: the different guises of Odin are studied on the basis of the various textual contexts and on their background in the literary and Christian intellectual milieu of the time. Contrary to existing studies, this method is non-reductive in that it does not aim at providing a synthesis about Odin’s original nature on the basis of the differing textual uses of Odin in the Middle Ages.

The book argues that the perceived complexity of Odin, often highlighted in research, is first and foremost a function of the complex textual material spanning a wide variety of genres each with its particular literary conventions and of the reception of Odin in early modern and modern mythological studies.

Odin’s Ways A Guide to the Pagan God in Medieval Literature 1st Table of contents:

1 Introduction

Notes

2 The Reception of Odin in Research

2.1 The Earliest Research

2.2 The Earliest Editions and Translations

2.2.1 Ynglinga saga

2.2.2 Stephanius’s Edition of Saxo with Commentary

2.2.3 Resen’s Edition of the Edda

2.2.4 Bartholin’s Antiqvitatum Danicarum libri tres

2.2.5 The Arnamagnæan Edition of Sæmund’s Edda

2.2.6 The Significance of Mallet

2.3 Research in the 17th Century

2.4 The 18th Century

2.4.1 The Myth Theorists

2.4.2 18th-Century Monographs on Odin

2.4.3 Suhm’s Odin

2.4.4 The Euhemeristic Interpretation of Odin after Suhm

2.5 The 19th Century

2.5.1 The Myth Theorists

2.5.2 Odin Research of the 19th Century

2.5.3 The Odin of the Comparativists and Folklorists

2.5.4 From Grundtvig to Bugge

2.6 The 20th Century

2.6.1 The Myth Theorists

2.6.2 Schjødt’s Division of Research Strands in Old Norse Mythology

2.6.3 Recognition of the Christian Basis of the Sources

2.6.4 Research on Odin in the 20th Century

2.6.5 Tendencies in the Interpretations of Odin

2.7 The Lesson of Research History – The Method of the Investigation

Notes

3 Excursus: The Vocabulary of “Myth” in an Old Norse/Icelandic Context

Notes

4 Odin and the Roman Gods in Latin Texts and Old Norse/Icelandic Translations

4.1 Germanic Gods in Latin Texts

4.2 The Division of Tongues

4.3 Odin in Old Norse/Icelandic Translations

Notes

5 The Ecclesiastical Explanations of Paganism

Notes

6 Odin in Various Old Norse/Icelandic Genres

6.1 Odin in Icelandic Hagiography

6.2 Odin in the Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur)

Notes

7 Odin in the Contemporary Saga Sturlunga saga

Notes

8 Odin in the Courtly Romances (riddarasögur)

Notes

9 Odin in Kings’ Sagas (konungasögur)

9.1 Odin in the Sagas about Olaf Tryggvason

9.1.1 Odin in Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta

9.1.2 Odin in the Flateyjarbók Redaction of Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta

9.2 Odin in Flateyjarbók’s Óláfs saga helga en mesta

9.3 Odin in Bǫglunga saga

9.4 Summary

Notes

10 Odin in the Legendary Sagas (fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda)

10.1 Odin in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks

10.2 Odin in Vǫlsunga saga

10.3 Odin in Skjǫldunga saga

10.4 Odin in Hrólfs saga kraka

10.5 Odin in Gautreks saga

10.6 Odin in Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka

10.7 Odin in Ǫrvar-Odds saga

10.8 Odin in Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana

10.9 Odin in the Remaining Legendary Sagas

10.10 Summary

Notes

11 Odin in Skaldic Poetry

11.1 Odin as an Active Character in the Skaldic Poems

11.2 Odin in Kennings and Kennings for Odin

11.3 Summary

Notes

12 Odin in the Gesta Danorum

12.1 The Transmission of the Gesta Danorum

12.2 The Sources of the Gesta Danorum

12.2.1 The Gesta Danorum’s Objectives and Use of Sources

12.3 The Portrayal of Odin in the Gesta Danorum

12.4 Saxo’s Odin: A Depiction on Two Levels

12.4.1 Saxo’s Discussion of Idols

12.4.2 Saxo’s Christianized Odin

12.4.3 The Statue of Odin

12.4.4 The War between Gods and People and the Rinda Affair

12.4.5 Hermetic Influence on Saxo’s Depiction of Odin?

12.4.6 Odin – Friend of the Danes

12.4.7 Odin’s Minor Roles in the Gesta Danorum

12.4.8 Odin – The Enemy of the Danes

12.4.9 Odin’s Appearance under an Alternative Name

12.5 Summary

Notes

13 Odin in Ynglinga saga

13.1 The Transmission of Ynglinga saga

13.2 The Sources of Ynglinga saga’s Introduction about Ancient Times

13.3 Odin in Ynglinga saga

13.4 The Odin of the Ynglings: A Figure Akin to Legendary Sagas

13.5 Intermediate Conclusions

13.5.1 Odin’s Shamanistic Traits

13.5.2 The Devilish Odin

13.5.3 Odin and Mimir’s Head – A Devilish Magician

13.6 Ynglinga saga’s Euhemerism

13.7 Odin after Odin’s Death

13.8 Summary

Notes

14 Odin in Snorri’s Edda

14.1 The Transmission of Snorri’s Edda

14.2 The Sources of Snorri’s Edda

14.2.1 The Author of the Prologue

14.2.2 The Sources of the Prologue

14.2.3 The Genealogy of the Prologue

14.2.4 The Sources of Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál

14.2.5 The Use of Eddic and Skaldic Poetry

14.3 The Edda’s Learned Milieu

14.4 The Depiction of Odin in the Edda

14.5 The Odin of Snorri’s Edda: A Depiction with Several Contexts

14.5.1 Odin in the Prologue’s Christian Context

14.5.2 The Epilogue of Skáldskaparmál: An Allegorical Interpretation of Odin

14.5.3 Odin as All-father

14.5.4 The God Odin as an Eddic Warlord

14.5.5 Skáldskaparmál’s God of Poetry

14.5.6 Odin – The Main Character of the Edda?

14.6 Summary

Notes

15 Odin in the Eddic Poems

15.1 The Transmission of the Eddic Poems

15.1.1 Codex Regius

15.1.2 The Eddic Poems Outside of R and A

15.2 The Codex Regius: Objective and Use

15.3 Odin in the Eddic Poems

15.3.1 Odin in Vǫluspá in the Codex Regius

15.3.2 Odin in Hauksbók’s Vǫluspá

15.3.3 Odin in Vǫluspá’s Strophes in Snorri’s Edda

15.3.4 Vǫluspá’s Odin – The Initiator of the Story

15.3.4.1 Excursus about Odin in Baldrs Draumar, Hyndluljóð, and Hrafnagaldur Óðins / Forspjallsljóð

Odin in Baldrs draumar

Odin in Baldrs Draumar – The Initiator of The Story

Odin in Hyndluljóð

Hyndluljóð’s Odin – The Mortal God

Odin in Hrafnagaldur Óðins / Forspjallsljóð

15.3.5 Odin in Hávamál

15.3.6 Hávamál’s Odin – An Advisor for Humans?

15.3.7 Odin in Vafþrúðnismál

15.3.8 Vafþrúðnismál’s Odin – The Unknown, Knowledgable Guest

15.3.9 Odin in Grímnismál

15.3.10 Grímnismál’s Odin – God of Kings

15.3.11 Odin in Skírnismál

15.3.12 Odin in Hárbarðsljóð

15.3.13 Hárbarðsljóð’s Odin – A Warrior and Seducer

15.3.14 Odin in the Remaining Mythological Poems in R

15.3.15 Odin in Lokasenna

15.3.16 Odin in the Heroic Poems of the Codex Regius

15.3.17 The God of Heroes

15.4 Summary

15.4.1 Wisdom Poetry and the senna Poems

15.5 The Reception of Eddic Poetry in the Icelandic Middle Ages

Notes

16 Conclusion

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