Nafnaþulur

Þulur ( Old Norse, singular Thula to German " word order " ) are Watch series, or word lists poetic paraphrases (synonyms ) in the form of the adjectival Heiti, which served as a tool by the first oral transmission poetological knowledge. In the name Þulur material is rezipiert from the corpus of location names ( toponyms ) and mythical contexts. This literary technique is found preferentially in the poetry of the Poetic Edda.

Genus

The Þulur include Proverbs, Merkversreihen, the extensive synonym lists in the Snorra Edda ( particularly Skáldskaparmál ), poetic synonyms for proper names ( Heiti ) and mythological equity or place names, generally mythological or cosmogonic knowledge. This knowledge hand down the Þulur in a strictly formalized language. They use mnemonic aids, such as alliteration, rhythm and group formation. In the eddischen seals Grímnismál, Alvíssmál and Rigsthula or dwarf list of such Völuspá Wish verses are incorporated. The canonical recycled content in the Þulur has its roots in the oldest seal, and where this has been lost, numerous archaic words and formulas are preserved only in the Þulur.

Seat in the ritual

The origin of such a genre certainly enough back in the ritual instruction of Þulr ( Old Norse þulr ). This religious officials called the Nordistik Ritual speakers; he's practitioners of ritual speech and as such responsible for the implementation of cult and ritual. The eddischen seals and Icelandic sagas contain episodes that are reminiscent of the former function of the Þuls. Taking the corresponding Edda Hávamál stanzas in Grímnismál and seriously, it touches the context of the magical sphere of Odin ( Old Norse Óðinn ) of the initiations in which this instruction may have taken place even has undergone.