Description: This illustration may be of the giant Muspell, who was
associated with the fiery region of Muspellhiemr. Louis
Moe uses it as the first of
eleven illustrations of the world being destroyed by fire after
the Battle of
Ragnarok. This scene is from Louis Moe's Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning.
Source: Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning
Folio or Page: [89]
Medium: Not known
Date: 1929
Dimensions (mm): 80 x 110
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 does not have a number and is not
signed.
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.
Muspell (non.)
Most likely a giant, who is associated with the fiery region of
Muspellheimr in the Prose Edda. He is the owner of the ship Naglfar
which sets sail at Ragnarok bearing the sons of Muspell to the battle.
Naglfar will be captained either by Hrymr or Loki.
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.
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.
