Þórr and wading

Tarrin Wills

doi:10.1515/9783110548136

Þórr and wading

Tarrin Wills

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Abstract

Crossing rivers and boggy ground would have presented a number of dangers to early Scandinavians. There is a good deal of mythological evidence that Þórr is associated with the challenges of travelling by sea, as well as on various kinds of watery situations on land, such as rivers, lakes and bogs. There is literary evidence for the invocation of Þórr in seafaring, and this paper hypothesises that Þórr was invoked in related activities of crossing rivers and wet ground. The paper demonstrates a strong geographical relationship between Þórr-worship (as shown by settlement place-names) and crossing rivers and marshes (as shown by runic inscriptions commemorating bridges and fords), and attempts an explanation of this relationship in terms of the mythological evidence.

Original language	German
Title of host publication	DIE FASZINATION DES VERBORGENEN UND SEINE ENTSCHLÜSSELUNG – RĀĐI SA¿ KUNN
Subtitle of host publication	Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft
Editors	Jana Krüger, Vivian Busch, Katharina Seidel, Christiane Zimmermann, Ute Zimmerman
Publisher	Walter de Gruyter
Pages	411-428
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-11-054757-3, 978-3-11-054813-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-11-054738-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110548136
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name	Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände
Volume	101

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Wills, T. (2017). Þórr and wading. In J. Krüger, V. Busch, K. Seidel, C. Zimmermann, & U. Zimmerman (Eds.), DIE FASZINATION DES VERBORGENEN UND SEINE ENTSCHLÜSSELUNG – RĀĐI SA¿ KUNN: Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft (pp. 411-428). (Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände; Vol. 101). Walter de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110548136

Þórr and wading. / Wills, Tarrin.
DIE FASZINATION DES VERBORGENEN UND SEINE ENTSCHLÜSSELUNG – RĀĐI SA¿ KUNN: Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft. ed. / Jana Krüger; Vivian Busch; Katharina Seidel; Christiane Zimmermann; Ute Zimmerman. Walter de Gruyter, 2017. p. 411-428 (Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände; Vol. 101).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Wills, T 2017, Þórr and wading. in J Krüger, V Busch, K Seidel, C Zimmermann & U Zimmerman (eds), DIE FASZINATION DES VERBORGENEN UND SEINE ENTSCHLÜSSELUNG – RĀĐI SA¿ KUNN: Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft. Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände, vol. 101, Walter de Gruyter, pp. 411-428. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110548136

Wills T. Þórr and wading. In Krüger J, Busch V, Seidel K, Zimmermann C, Zimmerman U, editors, DIE FASZINATION DES VERBORGENEN UND SEINE ENTSCHLÜSSELUNG – RĀĐI SA¿ KUNN: Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft. Walter de Gruyter. 2017. p. 411-428. (Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände). doi: 10.1515/9783110548136

Wills, Tarrin. / Þórr and wading. DIE FASZINATION DES VERBORGENEN UND SEINE ENTSCHLÜSSELUNG – RĀĐI SA¿ KUNN: Beiträge zur Runologie, skandinavistischen Mediävistik und germanischen Sprachwissenschaft. editor / Jana Krüger ; Vivian Busch ; Katharina Seidel ; Christiane Zimmermann ; Ute Zimmerman. Walter de Gruyter, 2017. pp. 411-428 (Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände).

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