62- Dvergar (Dwarfs)

Gunnell, Terry

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“…What's more, stanza 15 of Þrymskviða attributes this characteristic to Heimdallr, calling him hvítastr ása (the whitest of the aesir) and links him with the vanir, as noted above. This one descriptive term is, of course, not much to build an argument on, but it might indicate some kernel of the chthonic in the conception of the álfar in Vǫlundarkviða -something perhaps substantiated by Vǫlundr's connection to the dwarves through his metallurgic expertise; a recurring ability of this group of Otherworldly, chthonic beings (Gunnell 2020b;Motz 1973Motz -74, 1983.…”

Section: Discourse: the áLfar As An Out-group Connected With Othernessmentioning

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Beyond ‘ása ok álfa’

Nygaard¹

2022

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In the Poetic Edda, a multitude of understandings and ideas exist concerning the Otherworldly collective known as the álfar (Old Norse pl., sg. álfr). While the understandings are indeed many, they are not arbitrary. There seems to exist what Jens Peter Schjødt has termed a “semantic centre” for a number of “discourses” on the álfar. In this article, I will suggest various discourses of and construct a semantic centre for the álfar though an analysis of the stanzas of the Poetic Edda in which the álfar feature, supported when it is relevant by other Old Norse textual sources. I propose that constructing a semantic centre focusing on death and fertility, and thus viewing the álfar as chthonic beings, will help us make sense of the diversity in the discourses of the álfar in the eddic poems. RESUME: Der findes en mængde forestillinger i eddadigtningen om den gruppe andenverdensvæsner, der kendes under navnet álfar (norrønt pl., sg. álfr). Forestillingerne er mange, men de er ikke arbitrære. Der synes at eksistere hvad Jens Peter Schjødt kalder et “semantisk centrum” fra hvilket forskellige “diskurser” kan siges at udgå. I denne artikel vil jeg foreslå forskellige diskurser om og konstruere et semantisk centrum for álfar gennem en analyse af de eddastrofer, hvori álfar optræder. Jeg foreslår, at ved at konstruere et semantisk centrum forbundet med død og frugtbarhed og således forbinde álfar med det chthoniske, vil de forskelligartede diskurser om álfar i eddadigtningen give bedre mening.

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Section: Discourse: the áLfar As An Out-group Connected With Othernessmentioning

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Beyond ‘ása ok álfa’

Nygaard¹

2022

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62- Dvergar (Dwarfs)

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