RÃmur
The RIMA ( isländ. " rhyme poem ," plural Rímur ) is an handed down since the 14th century popular type of Norse literature in the Icelandic language. She is formally close to the ballad, the content of Folkevise and Kaempevise.
The genus is heterogeneous. Rímur are epic poems of 40 to 50 four-line stanzas, of which about 2,000 designs are handed down. They belong to skaldic and carry the typical signs of this literature, such as alliteration, Hending and Kenning. With the type of the Italian ballad and the French romance they combine particular Vierzeiligkeit of verses. However, there are also a variety of three-line and two-line metrics that belong to this genus. They have all been derived from four-line metrics. The skaldic has six or eight rows in a stanza. The rhyme and the cross rhyme scheme a-b -a-b are characteristic. They are usually initiated by a love action. The rima is also no narrative song like the sagas, it was like the ballad sung as a dance song. Themes and motifs of Rímur other hand come from the saga tradition.
Until the 19th century the Rímur were the most popular form of folk poetry. During the late romantic era of national literature, they were frequently revived, as of Sigurd Breidfjord in the NUMA Rímur, a narrative of the early history of Rome.
More than a thousand Rímur obtained cycles are obtained. Many of them were recorded only after centuries of oral tradition in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The revival of Rímur tradition dedicated to the Association of Icelandic Rímurdichter Kvæðamannafélagið Iðunn, which was founded on 15 September 1929. In particular, the founder of Ásatrúarfélagið, Rímurdichter and member of the Kvæðamannafélagið Iðunn Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson has significantly influenced with the publication of a directory of all Rímurversarten " Bragfræði above Háttatal " the newer Rímurdichtung. The Icelandic rock band Sigur Rós Rímur used in some of their songs.