Eikþyrnir

Eikþyrnir

Eikþyrnir (Old Norse "oak-thorny"Orchard (1997:36).] ) is a stag which stands upon Valhalla in Norse mythology. The following is related in the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after the description of Heiðrún.

Brodeur follows the text of the T manuscript of the Prose Edda in putting the stag "í Valhöll", "in Valhall", rather than "á Valhöll", "upon Valhall", as the other manuscripts do. The more recent translation by Anthony Faulkes puts the stag on top of the building which seems much more natural from the context and weight of the evidence.

Snorri's source for this information was almost certainly Grímnismál where the following strophes are found.

Notes

References

* Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). "The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson". New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. "Available online at http://www.northvegr.org/lore/prose/index.php".
* Eysteinn Björnsson (ed.). "Snorra-Edda: Formáli & Gylfaginning : Textar fjögurra meginhandrita". 2005. http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/gg/
* Faulkes' translation of the Prose Edda.
* Helgason, Jón. (ed.) (1955). "Eddadigte" (3 vols). København: Munksgaard. Text of Grímnismál available online at: http://www.snerpa.is/net/kvaedi/grimnir.htm
* Orchard, Andy (1997). "Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend". Cassell. ISBN 0 304 34520 2
* Thorpe, Benjamin (tr.) (1866). "Edda Sæmundar Hinns Froða : The Edda Of Sæmund The Learned". (2 vols.) London: Trübner & Co. Available online at http://www.northvegr.org/lore/poetic2/000.php


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