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XI Mythological kennings
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is uncertain to what extent a kenning of the type trollkvenna byir carried
heathen connotations. Gerdr has been included, however, as an unam-
biguous mythological figure. Njotr (OSinn-heiti) is excluded because it
cannot be distinguished from the homonymous appellative (cf. Finnur
Jonsson 1931b: 429).
The list is confined to occurrences in kennings, and not to normal
statements where the heathen gods are invoked. This is very important
in order to establish a corpus which is as little influenced by the subject
matter as possible. In a stanza by Glumr Geirason, which according to
Finnur Jonsson refers to Eirikr bloSøx, there is a manifestly heathen
statement - the king sent the fallen warriors to OSinn (Gautr) - but since
no kennings are used, this stanza does not add to the collection of
mythological kennings. For the question of the literary, heathen revival
in the 13th century, amply demonstrated by the table and figure, it is on
the other hånd interesting to note that in Håkonarkvida by Sturla ForSar-
son, in which the king is praised for his Christianity, in a certain part of
his poem (st. 20-25) the skald nevertheless alludes in an insistent man-
ner to heathen mythology in his metaphors.
Table 22. Mythological kennings in court poetry (cf. Fidjestøl 1982).
AllfaSir Am V 4 1
almdros Sindr 2, SnSt II 60 2
AuSr Hfr I 4 1
Aumir Sturl IV 19 1
Austri Am V24 1
Baldr Am V *14, Ott I 6, Sindr 7, SnSt II 43, Sturl III 4 5
Båleygr GIsl 1, Hfr I 6 2
Bestla Eskål III4 1
Fenja SnSt II 43 1
Fenrir Sturl IV 24 1
Fjølnir Hskv II 1, Tindr 1 2
Freyr Eg II 13, 17 (v.l.), Glumr II 2, Haliv 6, Ott I 2,
FjoSA IV 3, FKolb III 2, Eskål III 13, 22 9
Gautr Korm I 4, Ott II 1, SnSt II 55, Sturl IV 20,
FjoSA I 16, III 30, Ffagr 5 7
Gefn FjoSA IV 3 1