Andlang

Andlang

In Norse mythology, Andlang (also Andlàngr or Öndlangr) is described as the second heavenly realm which stretches between the first, containing the halls of the gods, and the third, named Vídbláin. [Gylfaginning 17] It will serve as a shelter and dwelling place for the souls of the dead during and after the destruction of Ragnarök.

Simek (1995) sees a functional connection between Andlang and the "Coelus Spiritualis" (lit. 'spiritual heaven') mentioned in the medieval text "Elucidarius". [Simek (1995:21)] Holtsmark (1964) comes to a similar conclusion, but from an analysis of the name "andlegr himinn" ('spiritual heaven') itself, with "and-" / "önd-" possibly arising from "andi" / "önd", 'breath, spirit'. [Holtsmark (1964:35)] Earlier attempts at interpretation include "long-" or "far-breathing" (Magnusen 1828), "endlessly long" (Eduard 1843) and "limitless aether" (Weidenbach 1851). [Magnusen (1828:234); Eduard (1843:231); Weidenbach (1851:52).]

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References

* cite book
last=Eduard
first=Franz
title=Altnordisches Lesebuch
publisher=F.A. Brockhaus
year=1843
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FghAAAAAIAAJ

* cite book
last=Holtsmark
first=Ann
title=Studier i Snorres Mytologi
publisher=Videnskaps-Akademi
year=1964
location=Oslo

* cite book
last=Lorenz
first=Gottfried
title=Gylfaginning
publisher=Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft
year=1984
location=Darmstadt
isbn=3-534-09324-0

* cite journal
last=Magnusen
first=Fenn
title=The Edda Doctrine and its Origin
journal=The Foreign Quarterly Review
volume=2
pages=210-243
publisher=Treuttel & Würtz
location=London
year=1828
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sdgRAAAAYAAJ

* cite book
last=Simek
first=Rudolf
title=Lexikon der germanischen Mythology
publisher=Alfred Kröner
year=1995
location=Stuttgart
isbn=3-20-36802-1

* cite book
last=Weidenbach
first=Anton Joseph
title=Mythologie der Griechen, Römer und nordischen Völker
publisher=H.L. Brönner
year=1851
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MYIBAAAAQAAJ


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