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The Deluding of Gylfi

The Deluding of Gylfi

  • Creator: Olaus Verelius 1618-1682
  • Description: The Swedish King Gylfi, who is in disguise as Gangleri, presumably in the presence of Óðinn, who is represented in three forms as Þriði, Jafnhárr, and Hárr. This scene is from the Deluding of Gylfi in Gylfaginning in Snorri's Edda.
  • Source: ‪Gothrici & Rolfi Westrogothiae Regum Historia: Lingua antiqua Gothica conscripta‬
  • Folio or Page: 43[a]
  • Medium: copperplate engraving
  • Date: 1664
  • Dimensions (mm): 100 x 165
  • Provenance:
    This copy of "The Deluding of Gylfi" image is from the microfilm: Scandinavian Culture Series; Roll 359, Item 1.
    P.A. Baer downloaded this illustration from an Interlibrary loan microfilm from the microfilm: Scandinavian Culture Series; Roll 359, Item 1.
  • Rights:
    Illustrations from the 1664 edition of ‪Gothrici & Rolfi Westrogothiae Regum Historia: Lingua antiqua Gothica conscripta‬ are in the public domain.
  • Bibliography:

    Primary Source: Print

    • Verelius, Olaus. ‪Gothrici & Rolfi Westrogothiae Regum Historia: Lingua antiqua Gothica conscripta‬. Scandinavian Culture Series. Roll 359, Item 1. Upsaliae: Curio, 1664. Microfilm.

    Secondary Sources

    • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
  • Identity Number: GothRolfWestReg-1664-043a-01
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Deluding of Gylfi   Gylfi   Gangleri   Óðinn, Odin   Þriði, Third   Hárr, High   Jafnhárr, Just-as-high   Verelius, Olaus  

Primary Source: Print

  • Verelius, Olaus. ‪Gothrici & Rolfi Westrogothiae Regum Historia: Lingua antiqua Gothica conscripta‬. Scandinavian Culture Series. Roll 359, Item 1. Upsaliae: Curio, 1664. Microfilm.

Secondary Sources

  • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
Verelius, Olaus
b. 1630
d. 1702
Nationality: Swedish
Occupation: scientist and writer, professor of medicine at Uppsala University
Residence: Uppsala, Sweden
Verelius was one of the leaders of the Swedish Hyperborean movement.
Gylfi (non.)
A king in Ynglinga Saga, the first saga in Heimskringla, who promises Gefjon a ploughshare of land. He plays a much larger role in Snorri's Edda when he decides to try and discover if Óðinn and his followers are men or gods.
Gangleri (non.)
This is the name that King Gylfi used when he went to question Óðinn, and the men who came with him from Asia, to see if they were gods or sorcerers.
Óðinn (non.)
Odin (en.)
The chief god of the Æsir is The Prose Edda. However, in Heimskringla he is a mortal who tricks the King of Sweden into believing that he is a god.
Þriði (non.)
Third (en.)
This is one of Óðinn´s many names that are collectively known as Óðins heiti.
Jafnhárr (non.)
Just-as-high (en.)
This is one of Óðinn´s many names that are collectively known as Óðins heiti.
Hárr (non.)
High (en.)
This is one of Óðinn´s many names that are collectively known as Óðins heiti.
Snorri Sturluson (is.)
b. 1179
d. 1241
Nationality: Icelandic
Snorri was an Icelandic statesman, scholar, and author who is credited with writing Heimskringla, The Prose Edda, and possibly Egil's Saga.
Deluding of Gylfi This myth is part of the story that Snorri uses to frame one of the three sections of his Edda and is an essential part of his attempt to use euhemerization as an explanation for the origin of the belief in pagan gods.
Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse mythology and poetics.