Lóðurr

Lodur ( Old Norse Lóðurr ) is in Norse mythology, the name of a deity, which is so rarely mentioned that nothing certain can be said about the Deity. It is believed that it either is the nickname of a god or the name of a separate but otherwise unknown deity.

In the literature eddischen Lodur is mentioned only in the creation poem Völuspá. Then Odin, Honir Lodur and walked along the beach and found Ask and Embla, from which they created the first human beings:

" Unz þrír qvómo Ór því Lidi, ǫflgir oc ástgir, Æsir, at HUSI; fundo á landi, suffered megandi, Asc oc Emblo, ørlǫglausa. ǫnd Thau né Atto, OD Thau né hǫfðo, lá né né Laeti lito Goda; ǫnd gaf Óðinn, OD gaf Hoenir, lá gaf Lóðurr oc lito Goda. "

" Went there dreie from this meeting, Powerful, mild Asen especially, Was on the banks powerless Ask and Embla and without determination. Had no soul, and mind yet, Not blood still moving, still blooming color. Soul gave Odin, sense gave Honir, Blood was Lodur and blooming color. "

In addition, the name still looms in the skaldic. In the 10th and 12th centuries use two Skald the Kenning Lóðurrs VINR " Lodurrs friend " for Odin.

Snorri Sturluson leads in his Prose Edda Gylfaginning in another divine triad, the first the world and then created humans: Odin and his brothers Vili and Ve. Both triads in common is that one of the gods Odin, and that they assume the same role in the creation of man. Why was sometimes argued that Odin's brothers are correspondences of Honir and Lodur. But Snorri Sturluson could be the creator of the world have equated with the human creators in order to harmonize the Norse mythology. Also possible that he knew to begin with the shadowy gods Honir and Lodur not much. The plot of the gods may have been more important for him than their genealogical- mythical descent.

Lodur can therefore be a very ancient deity whose myths were already faded at the time of writing the Völuspá so that has been preserved formulaic only in the creation story of the name.

Lodur but can also be the epithet of a deity. Particularly in the first half of the 20th century, represented in the earlier research, the opinion that Lodur was an epithet of the god Loki. According to this view corresponded to the trinity of Odin Honir - Lodur the repeatedly mentioned in Norse tradition triad of Odin Honir Loki. The 've Kenning Lodurs friend also an analogy in the Kenning Lopts friend for Odin, where Lopt undoubtedly an epithet Loki was. Part, it has also held that the name of the rune Logaþore suggest an etymological bridge of Loki Lodur. However, it is now more Logaþore to Old English logðor, logeþer, schemer 'and' magician '. Ultimately, the equation of Lodur with Loki not be clearly demonstrated. In particular, however, is the fact that the role of Lebensschenkers could hardly fit to Loki, as it would be his only reference to the people. Another interpretation sees in Lodur an epithet of the god Freyr. Leite you Lodur from Old Norse lód "fruit, yield " from so arises from the fact a possible epithet of the god of fertility.