![]() ![]() The present work investigates the eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál through a theoretical lens constructed by the author that is based on the work of Paul Ricoeur, Aron Gurevich, and Mircea Eliade. This is available in the following link: Finally, this thesis includes a digital edition worked on xml. The thesis is followed by two appendices, one containing a facing transcription of the manuscripts and the other being a glossary to all words used in Grímnismál. Part 3 contains the edition of Grímnismál and is followed by Part 4 which is the commentary to the poem. Part 2 deals with Grímnismál itself: Chapter 1 provides an analysis of the manuscripts, Chapter 2 contains my editing notes and Chapter 3 analyses the contents of the poem, Chapter 4 consists of my conclusions to this study, focusing on the cosmology and the dating of the poem. Part 1 is divided into two chapters and deals with my approach, the nature of Germanic belief, and the sources available as well as techniques of interpretation for them, all relevant to the production of the arguments made in the thesis. The nature of pagan belief itself prevents one from drawing more general conclusions on ‘Norse mythology’ as a whole. As such, the thesis suggests a new method of study, following a focused historical approach in which only Grímnismál is analysed in an attempt to understand the beliefs of the people that composed it. ![]() The relatively absent sources are similarly scattered. New studies on Germanic paganism and mythology show its shifting nature and the absence of specific tenets or uniform beliefs throughout the Germanic speaking world and in time. While a great deal of work has been done on Grímnismál as part of the Elder Edda, there is yet no specific edition focusing on it alone. 1270 and a fragment (AM 748 I 4to), located in Copenhagen, dated to c. The purpose of this thesis is an in-depth analysis of the Eddic poem Grímnismál found in the manuscript known as Codex Regius (GKS 2365 4to), located in Reykjavík, dated to c. This kind of knowledge may be withdrawn before reaching the lips, or it may be poisoned, or spilt, possibilities less likely to occur in the supervised process of providing the learner with glossed, re-readable written texts which in the solidity of their form offer more secure delivery. The movement of the metaphor in eddic texts has a particular bearing on the themes of this volume: the sense of knowledge as flowing from mouth to mouth and being ingested in order to be incorporated by the listener is of course a product of a society not dependent on writing – or the metaphors of written culture – for the transmission of learning. In the first part of the essay I will analyse the metaphor of 'drinking in' knowledge, and following that, I will examine the nature of the liquids which are depicted as having transformative powers on the intellect. When it’s time for that special sister, in-law, or best friend to graduate to aunt status, finding the perfect moniker is a must.In this essay I explore some of the implications of the metaphorical expression, in Old Norse mythology and eddic poetry, of knowledge as a liquid, a liquid that once imbibed confers learning or, in the case of the mead of poetry, has a transformative effect on the verbal powers of the recipient. ![]()
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