In Norse mythology , Snotra Old Norse clever ref name ORCHARD152 Orchard 1997 152 . ref is a ss goddess associated with wisdom. Snotra is solely attested in the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson . Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the goddess. Attestations In chapter 35 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning , High, Just As High, and Third High provides brief descriptions of 16 synjur . High lists Snotra thirteenth, and says that Snotra is wise and courteous. In addition, High adds that, after Snotra s name, a wise man or woman can be called snotr . ref name FAULKES30 Faulkes 1995 30 . ref In the Prose Edda book Sk ldskaparm l , Snotra is included among a list of 27 synjur names. ref name FAULKES157 Faulkes 1995 157 . ref Outside of these two sources, Snotra is otherwise unattested. ref name SIMEK296 Simek 2007 296 . ref Theories Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek state that, as Snotra is otherwise unattested outside of the Prose Edda , that Snotra may be an invention of Snorri s. ref name ORCHARDSIMEK Orchard 1997 152 and Simek 2007 296 . ref Orchard theorizes that, otherwise, Snorri may have had access to a lost source, and that the little information Snorri presents may be derived from the meaning of her name. ref name ORCHARD152 Orchard 1997 152 . ref Simek says that Snorri may have invented Snotra from the Old Norse word snotr clever and placed her next to other insignificant goddesses. ref name SIMEK296 Simek 2007 296 . ref However, Simek also writes that the goddesses Snotra, S ga , Hl n , Sj fn , V r, and V r should be considered vaguely defined figures who should be seen as female protective goddesses that are all responsible for specific areas of the private sphere, and yet clear differences were made between them so ... synjur Category Wisdom goddesses bg ca Snotra da Snotra de Snotra el es Snotra fr Snotra is Snotra it Snotra lt Snotra nl Snotra no Snotra sh Snotra sv Snotra zh ... more details
Heorogar was a Danish king who appears in the Old English poem Beowulf as the eldest son of Healfdene halfdan , and the brother of Hro gar Hroar , and Halga Helgi . The people in parentheses are personages found also in Norse sources. He is mentioned in lines 2155 2165 of the poem, when King Hrothgar gives Beowulf the armour and weapons that originally belonged to King Heorogar Me is hildesceorp Hro gar sealde, snotra fengel, sume worde het t ic his rest e est ges gde cw t hyt h fde Hiorogar cyning, leod Scyldunga lange hwile no y r suna sinum syllan wolde, hwatum Heorowearde, eah he him hold w re, breostgew du. Bruc ealles well Translation Hrothgar did not leave Beowulf unsatisfied. Beowulf offered all of the treasures given to him to Hygelac his leader. Hygelac ordered in his boar standard, a suit of armour, and a sword given to him by Hrothgar who had received it from his brother Heorogar and once promised to Heoroweard and gave it all to Beowulf to use well. Unlike Halga, Hro gar, Healfdene, and Heorogar s son Heoroweard , Heorogar does not appear in Norse sources. However, Heorogar may explain why Heoroweard according to Norse sources rebelled against Hro ulf Hr lf Kraki and killed him. As the son of Heorogar, the eldest of Healfdene s sons, Heoroweard had greater right to the Danish throne than Hro ulf. References Nerman, B. Det svenska rikets uppkomst. Stockholm, 1925. Olrik, 1903 Danmarks heltedigtning I, p. 39ff. McMaster University, Canada Beowulf Hypertext http www.humanities.mcmaster.ca beowulf main.html start box succession box before Halfdan Healfdene title Legendary Danish kings years after Hro gar end box Category Characters in Beowulf Category English heroic legends es Heorogar it Heorogar ... more details
In Norse mythology , V r Old Norse , possibly the careful one, ref name SIMEK368 Simek 2007 368 . ref or aware, careful ref name ORCHARD181 Orchard 1997 181 . ref is a ss goddess associated with wisdom . V r is attested in the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson and twice in kenning s employed in skald ic poetry. Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the goddess. Attestations In chapter 35 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning , High, Just As High, and Third High provides brief descriptions of 16 synjur . High lists V r tenth, and says that V r is wise and inquiring, so that nothing can be concealed from her. High adds that a saying exists where a woman becomes aware vor of something when she finds it out. ref name FAULKES30 Faulkes 1995 30 . ref In chapter 75 of the Prose Edda book Sk ldskaparm l V r appears within a list of 27 synjur names. ref name FAULKES157 Faulkes 1995 157 . ref Theories Rudolf Simek says that it is uncertain whether or not V r was a goddess as attested in the Prose Edda and if the etymology etymological connection presented there between V r and Old Norse v rr , meaning careful is correct. ref name SIMEK368 In the same work, Simek writes that the goddesses S ga , Hl n , Sj fn , Snotra , V r , and V r should be considered vaguely defined figures who should be seen as female protective goddesses that are all responsible for specific areas of the private sphere, and yet clear differences were made between them so that they are in many ways similar to Matres and Matrones matrons . ref name SIMEK274 Simek 2007 274 . ref Simek notes that the second part of the valkyrie name Geirav r may be identical with the name of the goddess V r and would therefore mean spear goddess , or simple be identical with a frequently found suffix appearing in personal names. ref name SIMEK102 Simek 2007 102 . ref Andy Orchard comments Snorri s etymologizing interpretation is scarcely profound, and may imply that he had no ac ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Gautrekr was a legend ary Geatish king who appears in several sources, such as Gautreks saga , Hr lfs saga Gautrekssonar , B sa saga ok Herrauds B sa saga ok Herrau s , Ynglinga saga , Nafna ulur part of the Prose Edda and Af Upplendinga konungum . He appears in different temporal settings, and he could represent different kings named Gautrekr, as the name simply means Geatish ruler . In the various settings, he also has different offspring. However, all settings present him as the son of a Gaut or Gauti , and in one of the later settings, his father Gaut gave his name to G taland Geatland . In Nafna ulur , he is mentioned as one of the sea king s, after his father Gauti . Early setting In the early setting, Gautrekr is the contemporary of legendary characters such as Starkad and the Swedish kings Erik and Alrik . Gautreks saga tells that Gautrekr was born out of the meeting between Gauti, the king of V sterg tland , and Snotra who was the most intelligent of a family of backwoods skinflints. Her family committed suicide for having lost too much food supporting Gauti as their guest. Snotri took the child Gautrek to Gauti s court and King Gauti, years later on his deathbed, made Gautrek his heir. Gautrekr married lfhildr , the daughter of king Harald of L chow Dannenberg Wendland . When she died, Gautrekr went somewhat out of his mind, ignored all matters of state, and spent all his time on lfhildr s burial mound, flying his hawk. Through trickery and the advice of Neri, one of Gautrekr s earls, a man named Ref gained the hand of Gautrek s daughter Helga. He also gained the earldom that Neri held from King Gautrekr. If Gautreks saga tells that Gautrekr had the daughter Helga, Hr lfs saga Gautrekssonar adds two sons, Ketill and Hr lfr Gautreksson . They both succeeded Gautrekr and Hr lfr spent many years pillaging in Brittany and Great Britain until he finally kidnapped the Swedish princess and made her his wife. Gautrekr the Mild In ... more details
Gautreks saga Gautrek s Saga is a Scandinavian legendary saga put to text towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts. It seems to have been intended as a compilation of traditional stories, often humorous, about a legendary King Gautrek of V sterg tland West G taland , to serve as a kind of prequel to the already existing Hr lfs saga Gautrekssonar Saga of Hr lf son of Gautrek . See also king of the Geats . About the saga As it stands, the saga seems incomplete, for a promise is made that the tale will return to King Gautrek of G taland and his sons, to the same story as told in Sweden , and that promise is not kept. Indeed, other than the reference to Hr lfs saga Gautrekssonar , no sons are mentioned. But Gautrek it seems was mentioned in many tales, according to a passage near the end, for generosity and bravery but not for deep thinking. It is probable there were many more amusing anecdotes to that effect that the author planned to include. The tale begins with one explanation of Gautrek s strangeness, relating how Gautrek s father to be, King Gauti of West G taland, became lost while hunting and spent the night in an isolated homestead of strange, arguably insane, backwoods bumpkins a stingy farmer named Skafn rtung Skinflint , his equally stingy wife T tra Tatters , and their three sons and three daughters. That night Gauti fathered Gautrek on Snotra who was the eldest of the farmer s daughters and supposedly the most intelligent of the bunch. The account bristles with grisly humor as it relates how one by one the members of this family of boobies committed suicide over the most trivial losses until at last only Snotra and her child survived. At that point Snotri took the child Gautrek to Gauti s court and King Gauti, years later on his deathbed, made Gautrek his heir. Then, in a very different style, the story jumps to an account of the ancestry, birth, and earliest exploits of Starkad who is perhaps the grimmest and stran ... more details
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