- Sophus Bugge
Sophus Bugge (1833-1907) was a Norwegian
philologist , known for his theories, and work on therunic alphabet , and the "Poetic Edda " and "Prose Edda ". In his 1880 work "Studies about the origin of Nordic mythological and heroic tales", Bugge theorized that nearly all myths inOld Norse literature derive from Christian and late classical concepts. Bugge's theories were generally vehemently rejected, though his theories have had some influence.Simek (2007:47).]Life
Bugge was born at
Laurvik , Norway,5 January 1833 . He was educated atChristiania ,Copenhagen andBerlin , and in 1866 he became professor of comparative philology and Old Norse atChristiania University . In addition to collecting Norwegianfolksong s and traditions, and writing onRunic inscriptions, he made considerable contributions to the study of the Celtic, Romance, Oscan, Umbrian and Etruscan languages.Bugge was the author of a very large number of books on philology and
folklore . His principal work, a critical edition of the elderEdda ("Norroen Fornkvoedi"), was published at Christiania in 1867. He maintained that the songs of the "Edda" and the earlier sagas were largely founded on Christian and Latin tradition imported intoScandinavian literature by way ofEngland . His writings also include "Gamle Norske Folkeviser" (1858), a collection of Old Norse folk-songs; "Bidrag til den aeldste skaldedigtnings historie" (Christiania, 1894); "Helge-digtene i den Aeldre Edda" (Copenhagen, 1896, Eng. trans., "The Home of the Eddic Poems", 1899); "Norsk Sagafortaelling op Sagaskrivning i Island" (Christiania, 1901), and various books on Runic inscriptions. He died8 July 1907 .Notes
References
* Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. "Dictionary of Northern Mythology". D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0859915131
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