Description: Njörðr
releasing the wind from a sack.
Source: AM 738 4to
Folio or Page: 35r
Medium: ink drawing on paper with coloured ink wash
Date: 1680
Dimensions (mm): 90 x 90
Provenance:
Árni Magnússon received the manuscript from Magnús Jónsson in Leirá,
and he received it from Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir in Bæ. It was
previously owned by Sigurður Gíslason in Bæ.
Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi received the manuscript on
September 30, 1991.
Rights:
Images from ÁM 738 4to are displayed
with permission from the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í
íslenskum fræðum in Iceland. Link to
E-manuscript. This image was cropped from f. 35r.
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
Reykjavik: Stofnun
Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum. AM 738
4to. 1680. Hand
copied paper manuscript.
Secondary Sources
Cleasby, Richard
and
Vigfússon
Guðbrandur
. An Icelandic-English Dictionary.
Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1957.
Artist Not
Known
Artist not known for this illustration in the AM738 manuscript.
Gods and Goddesses
Njörðr (non.)
Njord (en.)
Njorth (en.)
According to Snorri, Njörðr is one of the Vanir. He fathered Freyr and
Freyja with his sister, whose name is unknown. Njörðr was briefly
married to the giantess Skaði. He is associated with the wind and the
sea, and can control fire. He lived in Nóatún.
Source Materials:
AM 738 4to (is.)
Edda Oblongata (la.)
This manuscript is known by its shelf mark AM738. However, it is also known as the Edda Oblongata
because its height is unusually tall compared to its width. It was
created circa 1680 by an unknown scribe.
Prose Edda (is.)
Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse
mythology and poetics.
