Vadgelmir

Vadgelmir(Vaðgelmir) is ariveror stream inNorse mythology.It is mentioned in theeddic poemsGrípisspáorSigurÞarkviða Fafnisbana önnur(The Second Lay ofSigurd Fafnicide) andVöluspá.

Etymology[edit]

Zavaroni translates the name as "Evil-ford".^[1]

Völuspá[edit]

Völuspá39 records that breaking anoath,murder, and adultery are among the bad deeds for which entering Vadgelmir is a punishment.^[2]

Grípisspá[edit]

According to a legend recounted inGrípisspá,LokiforcedAndvarito tell him how liars will be punished in theOther World.Andvari responded that their punishment is to enter Vadgelmir.^[3]

One English translation of the edda describes the dialogue as follows. Loki asks: "tell me, Andvari! if thou wilt enjoy life in the halls of men, what retribution get the sons of mortals, if with foul words they assail each other".^[4]Andvari responds: "[c]ruel retribution get the sons of mortals, who in Vadgelmir wade: for the false words they have against others uttered, the punishments too long endure".^[4]

Schorn notes that there is some tension in the dialogue, as Andvari responds to Loki's highly "abstract" question about the fate of liars with a particularized description of a place.^[5]

References[edit]

^Zavaroni, Adolfo (15 March 2006)."Mead and Functions of Mímir, Oðinn, Viðófnir and Svipdagr".Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik.61(1): 82.doi:10.1163/18756719-061001007.ISSN 0165-7305.
^McKinnell, John (30 April 2014).Essays on Eddic Poetry.Toronto:University of Toronto Press.p. 195.ISBN 978-1-4426-6926-0.OCLC 879870428.
^MacCulloch, John Arnott (1930).The Mythology of All Races.Vol. 2. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America. p. 268.
^^a ^bThe Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson.Translated byThorpe, Benjamin.London:Norrœna Society.1906. p. 167.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
^Schorn, Brittany Erin (10 January 2012).'How Can His Word Be Trusted?': Speaker and Authority in Old Norse Wisdom Poetry(PhD thesis).University of Cambridge.p. 32.doi:10.17863/CAM.15907.

[1] Zavaroni, Adolfo (15 March 2006)."Mead and Functions of Mímir, Oðinn, Viðófnir and Svipdagr".Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik.61(1): 82.doi:10.1163/18756719-061001007.ISSN 0165-7305.

[2] McKinnell, John (30 April 2014).Essays on Eddic Poetry.Toronto:University of Toronto Press.p. 195.ISBN 978-1-4426-6926-0.OCLC 879870428.

[3] MacCulloch, John Arnott (1930).The Mythology of All Races.Vol. 2. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America. p. 268.

[:0-4] The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson.Translated byThorpe, Benjamin.London:Norrœna Society.1906. p. 167.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.

[5] Schorn, Brittany Erin (10 January 2012).'How Can His Word Be Trusted?': Speaker and Authority in Old Norse Wisdom Poetry(PhD thesis).University of Cambridge.p. 32.doi:10.17863/CAM.15907.

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