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Freyr at The Battle of Ragnarök

Freyr at The Battle of Ragnarök
  • Creator: Louis Moe 1857-1945
  • Description: Freyr riding his boar Gullinbursti during the Battle of Ragnarök. This scene is from Louis Moe's Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning.
  • Source: Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning
  • Folio or Page: [74]
  • Medium: Not known
  • Date: 1929
  • Dimensions (mm): 180 x 142
  • Provenance:
    Gift of Estate of Richard Beck to Special Collections at the University of Victoria. This illustration from Den Ældre Eddas Gudesange was photographed by P. A. Baer in August 2011.
    Call number: NE962 N67M64
  • Rights:
    This illustration from Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning is in the public domain.
  • Research notes, early print reviews, etc.:
    Some of the illustrations in Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning have two digit numbers, along with Louis Moe's name, within the illustration. This one has the number 28, possibly indicating the year 1928
  • Bibliography:

    Primary Sources

    Moe, Louis Maria Niels Peder Halling. Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning. København, A.F. Høst, 1929.

    Secondary Sources

    Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur . An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957.
    Simek, Rudolf. Angela Hall . Dictionary of Northern Mythology. W Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2007.
  • Identity Number: RagRokEnBil-1929-UVic-074-01
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Moe, Louis   Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning   Ragnarök, Ragnarok   Freyr   Gullinbursti, Sliðrugtanni   villisvín, boar   The Battle of Ragnarök  

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Creatures: animals, birds, monsters etc.

Gullinbursti (non.) Sliðrugtanni (non.) This great boar was one of the three magical items made by the dwarves Brokk and Eitri, the sons of Ívaldi, at the request of Loki when he needed to appease the gods after he cut off Sif's hair. Loki gave Gullinbursti to Freyr to pull his chariot and it could run over the earth and through the air. Its golden bristles shone so that it could find its way day or night. Gullinbursti was also known as Sliðrugtanni.

Gods and Goddesses

Freyr (non.) A fertility god and one of the Vanir. He is the son of Njörðr and the twin brother of Freyja.

Myths

The Battle of RagnarökThe myth concerning the final great battle between the gods and the giants.

Mythological Events

Ragnarök (non.) Ragnarok (en.) The final great battle between the gods and the giants.

Nouns

villisvín (non.) boar (en.)

Source Materials:

Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning (da.) Louis Moe's illustrated retelling of the Battle of Ragnarok and the events that preceded it.

Source Persons

Moe, Louis (no.) b. 1857
d. 1945
Nationality: Norwegian/Danish.
Occupation: illustrator
Residence: Copenhagen
Moe was an illustrator who was born in Norway but became a Danish citizen in 1919.