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could have drawn a similar conclusion that Loki and Lóðurr are identical like some recent scholars or that there still were remnants of an oral tradition. Haukur concludes that if Lóðurr was historically considered an independent deity from Loki, then a discussion of when and why he became identified with Loki is appropriate.
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or a folksource, the writer must have derived the information about the identification either from a tradition or drawn the conclusion from a reading of the Eddic poems, since Snorri himself does not mention Lóðurr in his Edda. Since the contents of the Poetic Edda are assumed to have been forgotten
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ballad which is a rare example of the occurrence of Norse gods in folklore. The Odin-kenning "Lóðurr's friend" furthermore appears to parallel the kenning "Loptr's friend" and Loki is similarly referred to as "Hœnir's friend" in Haustlöng, strengthening the trio connection. While many scholars agree
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When the sons of Borr were walking along the sea-strand, they found two trees, and took up the trees and shaped men of them: the first gave them spirit and life; the second, wit and feeling; the third, form, speech, hearing, and sight. They gave them clothing and names: the male was called Askr, and
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where the same identification is made with Loki and Lóðurr. Haukur Þorgeirsson says that unless the possible but unlikely idea that the 14th and 15th century poets possessed lost written sources unknown to us, the idea must have come from either an unlikely amount of sources from where the poets
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is obscure and the translations "film of flesh" and "blood" are just two of the many possibilities that have been suggested. The phrase "litu góða" is somewhat less difficult and traditionally interpreted as "good colours", "good shape", or even "good looks".
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to be the name of a third god, but there is no obvious identification in Norse mythology as we know it. Both Lóðurr and Loki have been proposed, but the etymological reasoning is tenuous, and firm conclusions cannot be reached.
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has suggested that Loki and Lóðurr are in fact different names for the same deity, basing his contention on the observation that Loki is referred to as Lóður in the rimur
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metre, indicates that it contains the sound value /ó/ rather than /o/. This evidence, while strong, is not incontrovertible and some scholars have held out for a
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has also been proposed. This theory emphasizes the possible fertility-related meanings of Lóðurr's name but otherwise has little direct evidence to support it.
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in his work, but in this case he does not. We cannot know whether he knew the strophes above or whether he was working entirely from other sources.
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with this identification, it is not universally accepted. One argument against it is that Loki appears as a malevolent being later in
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around 1400, when the rimur was written, Haukur argues for a traditional identification. Haukur also points to
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does Hœnir and Lóðurr, some scholars have reasoned that Lóðurr might be another name for either Vili or Vé.
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the female Embla, and of them was mankind begotten, which received a dwelling-place under Midgard.
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was an early proponent of this theory, but recently it has received little attention.
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is, however, not very rigid and in 1983 Rydberg's theory was championed again by
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Snorra-Edda: Formáli & Gylfaginning : Textar fjögurra meginhandrita
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is debated. Most relevant for the present discussion are Lóðurr's gifts of
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The name's meaning is unknown. It has been speculatively linked to various
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Myth and Religion of the North : The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe
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although more typically the etymology is proposed to originate from
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Edda Sæmundar Hinns Froða : The Edda Of Sæmund The Learned
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Another source sometimes brought into the discussion is the
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The precise meaning of these strophes and their context in
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The Poetic Edda : Volume II : Mythological Poems
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people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
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Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmentafjelag. 1129:, 2. ændrede udg. København: Munksgaard. 18: 1119:. København: S. L. Møllers Bogtrykkeri. 950: 776:. This artifact, dating from about 600 709:, whom Snorri names elsewhere as Odin, 3329: 1211:. (2 vols.) London: Trübner & Co. 944: 46: 1235: 678:where "Lóðurr's friend" is used as a 648: 98: 1152:Undersökningar i germanisk mythologi 1023:The American-Scandinavian Foundation 985:Þorgeirsson, Haukur (January 2011). 892:Recently, Haukur Þorgeirsson of the 767: 175:reading. (Lóðurr's name can also be 2134:named weapons, armour and treasures 724:Normalized text of the R manuscript 631:reasons. The metrical structure of 13: 3311:Heathenry (new religious movement) 1019:The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson 987:"Lokrur, Lóðurr and Late Evidence" 490:no film of flesh nor cry of voice, 14: 3368: 1007:Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989). 788:. This is usually interpreted as 613:The 19th-century Swedish scholar 1974:Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri 1215:edition (1905) available online 1201:, 1983, pp. 80 – 107. Lund. 1127:Eddadigte : Völuspá Hávamál 1011:. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans. 1001: 303: 2411:Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán 978: 550:18. Spirit they possessed not, 1: 932: 937: 7: 2481:Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr 1067:Eysteinn Björnsson (2001). 1052:Goð og hetjur í heiðnum sið 854:, in the prose prologue to 816: 571:and goodly colour. — 10: 3373: 3148:Festivals and holy periods 1198:Arkiv för nordisk filologi 1087:Eysteinn Björnsson (ed.). 1077:Eysteinn Björnsson (ed.). 808:. It would be natural for 653:Apart from the strophe in 526:17. Until there came three 308: 141:, "shape", as well as the 3298: 3188: 3147: 3066: 3059: 2969: 2931: 2636: 2585: 2544: 2535: 2416:Nine Mothers of Heimdallr 2142: 2129:named animals and plants 2064: 1954: 1656: 1591: 1438: 1305: 1282: 1273: 1015:Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist 513:and comely hues. — 510:film of flesh Lóðurr gave 177:represented or anglicized 165:, composed in the strict 30:create the first humans, 2237:Black elves (Svartálfar) 1222:Turville-Petre, E. O. G. 1096:This editor prefers the 1050:Bæksted, Anders (1986). 790:Logaþore Wodan Wigiþonar 556:blood nor motive powers, 484:18. Breath they had not, 3119:Sacred trees and groves 2359:Hamskerpir and Garðrofa 2232:Light elves (Ljósálfar) 1197: 1189:. 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Index


Odin
Hœnir
Askr and Embla
Old Norse
[ˈloːðurː]
god
Norse mythology
Poetic Edda
Völuspá
Loki

Vili
Freyr
Old Norse
Gothic
German
skaldic poem
Íslendingadrápa
dróttkvætt
represented or anglicized
"washing day"
Poetic Edda
Völuspá
Ash and Embla
Óðinn
Hœnir
Dronke
Thorpe
Viktor Rydberg

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