Teutonic Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of the Northland (Vol. 1-3)
Enriched edition. Complete EditionBy Viktor Rydberg
Length31h 18m
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In "Teutonic Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of the Northland" (Volumes 1-3), Viktor Rydberg delves deeply into the rich tapestry of Norse mythology, exploring the intricate narratives and profound symbolism of its deities, heroes, and cosmological beliefs. Rydberg employs a meticulous and scholarly literary style, weaving together historical analysis, comparative mythology, and poetic interpretation to illuminate the significance of these figures within the broader context of Germanic and Teutonic folklore. Each volume serves as a comprehensive examination of mythological themes, illustrating the enduring impact of these ancient stories on cultural identity and heritage in Northern Europe. Viktor Rydberg, a prominent Swedish poet and scholar of the 19th century, was profoundly influenced by the Romantic movement and the burgeoning interest in folklore and mythology during his era. His background in linguistics and literature, combined with a passionate admiration for his Scandinavian roots, propelled him to investigate and document the mythological heritage of the North. Rydberg's scholarly pursuits are not merely academic; they reflect a deep-seated desire to reclaim and celebrate the cultural narratives that shaped his nation and its identity. This monumental work is highly recommended for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of mythology, as it offers an exhaustive exploration of Teutonic traditions. Rydberg's insightful analysis not only enriches our understanding of Norse mythology but also encourages contemporary readers to reconnect with the ageless themes that resonate across time and culture.
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- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length31 hrs 18 mins
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Publish dateDec 13, 2023
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Table of contents
11. THE WORDS GERMAN AND GERMANIC.
7674. AFTER THE JUDGMENT. THE LOT OF THE BLESSED.
22. THE ARYAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES.
7775. AFTER THE JUDGMENT (continued). THE FATE OF THE DAMNED. THEIR PATH. ARRIVAL AT THE NA-GATES.
33. THE HYPOTHESIS CONCERNING THE ASIATIC ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS.
7876. THE PLACES OF PUNISHMENT.
44. THE HYPOTHESIS CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS.
7977. THE PLACES OF PUNISHMENT (continued). THE HALL IN NASTRANDS.
55. THE ARYAN LAND OF EUROPE.
8078. THE PLACES OF PUNISHMENT. (continued). LOKE'S CAVE OF PUNISHMENT. GYLFAGINNING'S CONFOUNDING OF MUSPEL'S SONS WITH THE SONS OF SUTTUNG.
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66. THE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF ANCIENT TEUTONDOM.
8179. Tr/HE GREAT WORLD-MILL. ITS MISTAKEN IDENTITY WITH THE FRODE-MILL.
77. THE SAGA IN HEIMSKRINGLA AND THE PROSE EDDA.
8280. THE WORLD-MILL (continued).
88. THE TROY SAGA IN HEIMSKRINGLA AND THE PROSE EDDA
8381. THE WORLD-MILL (continued). THE WORLD-MILL MAKES THE CONSTELLATIONS REVOLVE. MUNDILFÖRI.
99. SAXO'S RELATION OF THE STORY OF TROY.
8482. THE WORLD-MILL (continued). THE ORIGIN OF THE SACRED FIRE THROUGH MUNDILFORE. HEIMDAL THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE SACRED FIRE. HIS IDENTITY WITH RIGVEDA'S AGNI. HIS ANTITHESIS, LOKE, ALSO A FIRE-BEING.
1010. THE OLDER PERIODS OF THE TROY SAGA.
8583. MUNDILFORE'S IDENTITY WITH LODUR.
1111. THE ORIGIN OF THE STORY IN REGARD TO THE TROJAN DESCENT OF THE FRANKS.
8684. NAT, THE MOTHER OF THE GODS.
1212. WHY ODIN WAS GIVEN ANTENOR'S PLACE AS LEADER OF THE TROJAN EMIGRATION.
8785. NARFI, NAT'S FATHER, IDENTICAL WITH MIMER. A PSEUDO-NARFI IN THE YOUNGER EDDA.
1313. THE MATERIALS OF THE ICELANDIC TROY SAGA.
8886. THE TWO GIANT CLANS DESCENDED FROM YMER.
1414. THE RESULT OF THE FOREGOING INVESTIGATIONS.
8987. THE IDENTITY OF MIMER AND NIDHAD OF THE VOLUND SAGA.
1515. THE LONGOBARDIAN MIGRATION SAGA.
9088. A GENERAL REVIEW OF MIMER'S NAMES AND EPITHETS.
1616. THE SAXON AND SWABIAN MIGRATION SAGA.
9189. THE MEAD MYTH.
1717. THE FRANKISH MIGRATION SAGA.
9290. THE MEAD-MYTH (continued). THE MOON AND THE MEAD. PROOFS THAT NANNA'S FATHER IS THE WARD OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND GOD OF THE MOON.
1818. JORDANES ON THE EMIGRATION OF THE GOTHS, GEPIDÆ, AND HERULIANS. THE MIGRATION SAGA OF THE BURGUNDIANS. TRACES OF AN ALAMANNIC MIGRATION SAGA.
9391. THE MYTH CONCERNING THE MOON-GOD (continued).
1919. THE TEUTONIC EMIGRATION SAGA FOUND IN TACITUS.
9492. THE MOON-DIS NANNA. THE MERSEBURG FORMULA. BALDER'S NAME FALR.
2020. THE CREATION OF MAN. THE PRIMEVAL COUNTRY. SCEF THE BRINGER OF CULTURE.
9593. COSMOGRAPHIC REVIEW.
2121. SCEF THE AUTHOR OF CULTURE IDENTICAL WITH HEIMDAL-RIG, THE ORIGINAL PATRIARCH.
96FOOTNOTES:
2222. HEIMDAL'S SON BORGAR-SKJOLD, THE SECOND PATRIARCH.
97INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES. TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY.
2323. BORGAR-SKJOLD'S SON HALFDAN, THE THIRD PATRIARCH.
9894. THE SEVEN SLEEPERS.
2424. HALFDAN'S ENMITY WITH ORVANDEL AND SVIPDAG (cp. No. 33).
9995. ON THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE MYTHOLOGY.
2525. HALFDAN'S IDENTITY WITH MANNUS IN "GERMANIA."
10096. SVIPDAG AND GROA.
2626. THE SACRED RUNES LEARNED FROM HEIMDAL.
10197. SVIPDAG OUTSIDE OF THE GATES OF ASGARD. MENGLAD'S IDENTITY WITH FREYJA.
2727. SORCERY THE REVERSE OF THE SACRED RUNES. GULLVEIG-HEIDR, THE SOURCE OF SORCERY. THE MORAL DETERIORATION OF THE ORIGINAL MAN.
10298. SVIPDAG BRINGS TO ASGARD THE SWORD OF REVENGE FORGED BY VOLUND.
2828A. HEIMDAL AND THE SUN-DIS (Dis-goddess).
10399. SVIPDAG'S FATHER ORVANDEL, THE STAR-HERO. EXPLANATION OF HIS EPITHET SÓLBJARTR.
2928B. LOKE CAUSES ENMITY BETWEEN THE GODS AND THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS (THE CREATORS OF ALL THINGS GROWING). THE CONSEQUENCE IS THE FIMBUL-WINTER AND EMIGRATIONS.
104100. SVIPDAG RESCUED FREYJA FROM THE HANDS OF THE GIANTS. SAXO ON OTHARUS AND SYRITHA. SVIPDAG IDENTICAL WITH OTHARUS.
3029. EVIDENCE THAT HALFDAN IS IDENTICAL WITH HELGE HUNDINGSBANE.
105101. SVIPDAG IN SAXO'S ACCOUNT OF HOTHERUS.
3130. HALFDAN'S BIRTH AND THE END OF THE AGE OF PEACE. THE FAMILY NAMES YLFING, HILDING, BUDLUNG.
106102. SVIPDAG'S SYNONYM EIREKR. ERICUS DISERTUS IN SAXO.
3231. HALFDAN'S CHARACTER. THE WEAPON-MYTH.
107103. THE SVIPDAG SYNONYM EIRIKR (continued).
3332. HALFDAN'S CONFLICTS INTERPRETED AS MYTHS OF NATURE. THE WAR WITH THE HEROES FROM SVARIN'S MOUND. HALFDAN'S MARRIAGE WITH DISES OF VEGETATION.
108104. THE LATER FORTUNES OF THE VOLUND SWORD.
3433. REVIEW OF THE SVIPDAG MYTH AND ITS POINTS OF CONNECTION WITH THE MYTH ABOUT HALFDAN (cp. No. 24).
109105. THE SVIPDAG EPITHET SKIRNER. THE VOLUND SWORD'S NAME GAMBANTEIN.
3534. THE WORLD WAR. ITS CAUSE. THE MURDER OF GULLVEIG-HEIDR. THE VOICE OE COUNSEL BETWEEN THE ASAS AND THE VANS.
110106. SVIPDAG'S LATER FORTUNES. HIS TRANSFORMATION AND DEATH. FREYJA GOES IN SEARCH OF HIM. FREYJA'S EPITHET MARDÖLL. THE SEA-KIDNEY, BRISINGAMEN. SVIPDAG'S EPITHET HERMÓDR.
3635. GULVEIG-HEIDR. HER IDENTITY WITH AURBODA, ANGRBODA, HYRROKIN. THE MYTH CONCERNING THE SWORD GUARDIAN AND FJALAR.
111107. REMINISCENCES OF THE SVIPDAG-MYTH.
3736. THE WORLD WAR (continued). THE BREACH OF PEACE BETWEEN ASAS AND VANS. FRIGG, SKADE, AND ULL IN THE CONFLICT. THE SIEGE OF ASGARD. THE VAFERFLAMES. THE DEFENCE AND SURROUNDINGS OF ASGARD. THE VICTORY OF THE VANS.
112108. SVIPDAG'S FATHER ORVANDEL. EVIDENCE THAT HE IS IDENTICAL WITH VOLUND'S BROTHER EGIL. THE ORVANDEL SYNONYM EBBO (EBUR, IBOR).
3837. THE WORLD WAR (continued). THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONFLICT FROM A RELIGIOUS-RITUAL STANDPOINT.
113109. FREY FOSTERED IN THE HOME OF ORVANDEL-EGIL AND VOLUND. ORVANDEL'S EPITHET ISOLFR. VOLUND'S EPITHET AGGO.
3938. THE WORLD WAR (continued). THE WAR IN MIDGARD BETWEEN HALFDAN'S SONS. GROA'S SONS AGAINST ALVEIG'S. LOKE'S APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE. HADDING'S YOUTHFUL ADVENTURES.
114110. SVIPDAG'S GRANDFATHER IS IVALDE. ORVANDEL, VOLUND, AND SLAGFIN THEREFORE IDENTICAL WITH IVALDE'S SONS.
4039. THE WORLD WAR (continued). THE POSITION OF THE DIVINE CLANS TO THE WARRIORS.
115111. THE RESULTS OF THE JUDGMENT PASSED ON THE WORKS OF ART PRODUCED BY THE IVALDE SONS. PARALLEL MYTHS IN RIGVEDA.
4140. THE WORLD WAR (continued). HADDING'S DEFEAT. LOKE IN THE COUNCIL AND ON THE BATTLE-FIELD. HEIMDAL THE PROTECTOR OF HIS DESCENDANT HADDING.
116112. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE JUDGMENT PASSED ON THE IVALDE SONS (continued). NJORD'S EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT A RECONCILIATION.
4241. THE WORLD WAR (continued). HADDING'S JOURNEY TO THE EAST. RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE ASAS AND VANS. "THE HUN WAR." HADDING RETURNS AND CONQUERS. RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GROA'S DESCENDANTS AND ALVEIG'S. LOKE'S PUNISHMENT.
117113. PROOFS THAT IVALDE'S SONS ARE IDENTICAL WITH OLVALDE'S.
4342. HALFDAN AND HAMAL FOSTER-BROTHERS. THE AMALIANS FIGHT IN BEHALF OF HALFDAN'S SON HADDING. HAMAL AND THE WEDGE-FORMED BATTLE-ARRAY. THE ORIGINAL MODEL OF THE BRAVALLA BATTLE.
118114. PROOFS THAT IVALDE'S SONS ARE OLVALDE'S (continued). A REVIEW OF THORSDRAPA.
4443. EVIDENCE THAT DIETERICH "OF BERN" IS HADDING. THE DIETERICH SAGA THUS HAS ITS ORIGIN IN THE MYTH CONCERNING THE WAR BETWEEN MANNUS-HALFDAN'S SONS.
119115. REVIEW OF THE PROOFS OF VOLUND'S IDENTITY WITH THJASSE.
4544. MIDDLE AGE SAGAS WITH ROOTS IN THE MYTH CONCERNING THE LOWER WORLD. ERIK VIDFORLE'S SAGA.
120116. A LOOK AT THE MYTH CONCERNING THJASSE-VOLUND. HIS EPITHET HLEBARDR. HIS WORST DEED OF REVENGE.
4645. MIDDLE AGE SAGAS (continued). ICELANDIC SOURCES IN REGARD TO GUDMUND, KING ON THE GLITTERING PLAINS.
121117. THE GUARD AT HVERGELMER AND THE ELIVAGAR.
4746. MIDDLE AGE SAGAS (continued). SAXO CONCERNING THIS SAME GUDMUND, RULER OF THE LOWER WORLD.
122118. SLAGFIN. HIS IDENTITY WITH GJUKE. SLAGFIN, EGIL, AND VOLUND ARE NIFLUNGS.
4847. MIDDLE AGE SAGAS (continued). FJALLERUS AND HADINGUS (HADDING) IN THE LOWER WORLD.
123119. THE NIFLUNG HOARD IS THE TREASURE LEFT BY VOLUND AND HIS BROTHERS.
4948. MIDDLE AGE SAGAS (continued). A FRISIAN SAGA IN ADAM OF BREMEN.
124120. SLAGFIN-GJUKE'S SYNONYMS DANKRAT (THAKKRÁDR), IRUNG, ALDRIAN. SLAGFIN A STAR-HERO LIKE HIS BROTHERS. ALDRIAN'S IDENTITY WITH CHELDRICUS-GELDERUS.
5049. ANALYSIS OF THE SAGAS MENTIONED IN NOS. 44–48.
125121. SLAGFIN'S IDENTITY WITH HJUKE. HIS APPEARANCE IN THE MOON-MYTH AND IN THE BALDER-MYTH. BIL'S IDENTITY WITH IDUN.
5150. ANALYSIS OF THE SAGAS MENTIONED IN NOS. 44–48. THE QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF ODAINSAKER.
126122. REVIEW OF THE SYNONYMS OF THE SONS OF IVALDE.
5251. GUDMUND'S IDENTITY WITH MIMER.
127123. IVALDE.
5352. MIMER'S GROVE. LIF AND LEIFTHRASER.
128FOOTNOTES:
54FOOTNOTES:
129DICTIONARY OF PRINCIPAL PROPER NAMES IN TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY, with Explanations of the Character, Attributes and Significance of the Gods, Goddesses, Giants, Dwarfs and associated creatures and places.
5553. AT WHAT TIME DID LIF AND LEIFTHRASER GET THEIR PLACE OF REFUGE IN MIMER'S GROVE? THE ASMEGIR. MIMER'S POSITION IN MYTHOLOGY. THE NUMINA OF THE LOWER WORLD.
130A
5654. THE IRANIAN MYTH CONCERNING MIMER'S GROVE.
131B
5755. THE PURPOSE OF MIMER'S GROVE IN THE REGENERATION OF THE WORLD.
132D
5856. THE COSMOGRAPHY. CRITICISM ON GYLFAGINNING'S COSMOGRAPHY.
133E
5957. THE WORD HEL IN LINGUISTIC USAGE.
134F
6058. THE WORD HEL IN VEGTAMSKVIDA AND IN VAFTHRUDNERSMAL.
135G
6159. THE WORD HEL IN GRIMNERSMAL. HVERGELMER'S FOUNTAIN AND ITS DEFENDERS. THE BORDER MOUNTAIN BETWEEN HEL AND NIFELHEL. THE WORD HELBLOTINN IN THORSDRAPA.
136H
6260. THE WORD HEL IN SKIRNERSMAL. DESCRIPTION OF NIFELHEL. THE MYTHIC MEANING OF NÁR, NÁIR. THE HADES-DIVISION OF THE FROST-GIANTS AND SPIRITS OF DISEASE.
137I
6361. THE WORD HEL IN VÖLUSPA. WHO THE INHABITANTS OF HEL ARE.
138J
6462. THE WORD HEL IN ALLVISMAL. THE CLASSES OF BEINGS IN HEL.
139K
6563. THE WORD HEL IN OTHER PASSAGES. THE RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION FOR THE COSMOGRAPHY AND FOR THE MEANING OF THE WORD HEL. HEL IN A LOCAL SENSE THE KINGDOM OF DEATH, PARTICULARLY ITS REALMS OF BLISS. HEL IN A PERSONAL SENSE IDENTICAL WITH THE GODDESS OF FATE AND DEATH, THAT IS, URD.
140L
6664. URD'S MAID-SERVANTS: (1) MAID-SERVANTS OF LIFE—NORNS, DISES OF BIRTH, HAMINGJES, GIPTES, FYLGIES; (2) MAID-SERVANTS OF DEATH—VALKYRIES, THE PSYCHO-MESSENGERS OF DISEASES AND ACCIDENTS.
141M
6765. ON THE COSMOGRAPHY. THE WAY OF THOSE FALLEN BY THE SWORD TO VALHAL IS THROUGH THE LOWER WORLD.
142N
6866. THE CHOOSING. THE MIDDLE-AGE FABLE ABOUT "RISTING WITH THE SPEAR-POINT."
143O
6967. THE PSYCHO-MESSENGERS OF THOSE NOT FALLEN BY THE SWORD. LOKE'S DAUGHTER (PSEUDO-HEL IN GYLFAGINNING) IDENTICAL WITH LEIKIN.
144R
7068. THE WAY TO HADES COMMON TO THE DEAD.
145S
7169. THE TWO THINGSTEADS OF THE ASAS. THE EXTENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE ASAS AND OF THE DIS OF FATE. THE DOOM OF THE DEAD.
146T
7270. THE DOOM OF THE DEAD (continued). SPEECH-RUNES ORDS TÍRR NÁMÆLI.
147U
7371. THE DOOM OF THE DEAD (continued). THE LOOKS OF THE THINGSTEAD. THE DUTY OF TAKING CARE OF THE ASHES OF THE DEAD. THE HAMINGJE AT THE JUDGMENT. SINS OF WEAKNESS. SINS UNTO DEATH.
148V
7472. THE HADES-DRINK.
149Y
7573. THE HADES-DRINK (continued), THE HADES-HORN EMBELLISHED WITH SERPENTS.
150INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES. TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY.
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