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Kon Zur Nordischen Mythologie Und Heldensage Julia Zernack, Katja Schulz (Hg.): Gylfis Täuschung. Rezeptionsgeschichtliches Lexi- kon zur nordischen Mythologie und Heldensage. Heidelberg 2019 (= Edda-Rezeption, 6) Vorläufiges ausführliches Register (7/2019) Das ausführliche Register ergänzt das kurze im Buch abgedruckte Register. Ausgewertet wur- den bisher die Lexikonartikel sowie die Bildlegenden. Begriffe, die unüberschaubar oft vor- kommen, sind nicht verzeichnet (z.B. »altnordisch«); sofern sie in eigenen Artikeln behandelt werden (wie etwa »Edda«, »Odin«, »Thor«, »bildende Kunst«), sind die Seitenzahlen der Artikel im Fettdruck angegeben. Abilgaard, Nicolai 88, 175, 234, 585, 596 Albedyhll, Eleonora Charlotte d’ Gefion 168–171, 215f., 217 Abse, Leo 459 Absurd (Band) 462, 495 Alberich 361, 552, 601, 692f. Achillea 412 Álfr 188, 190, 282, 636, 722 Adam von Bremen 219f., 437, 594, 749 Allfeld, Philipp 560 Adams, Douglas 182 Alliteration 61, 149f., 241, 259, 288, 301, 312, 329, 351, 357, 394f., 402, 416, 491, Adler 9, 107f., 114, 188, 294, 296, 298, 506, 552, 610, 613, 652, 671, 676, 694 338, 618, 647, 676, 702, 747, 751 Allvater 48–50, 124, 190, 277, 372, 508f., Adlerbeth, Jacob 89, 147, 248 526f. Ægir 21–26; 16, 107, 183, 193, 195, 232, Almqvist, Carl Jonas Love 50 344, 366, 371, 402, 420, 422, 483, 497, Minnesfest den första April 169 530, 538, 569, 571, 573f., 594, 740, 745 Sviavigamal 168f. Ægirs Gastmahl 24f., 193, 366, 371 Alsop, Richard 197 Ægirs Töchter 21, 24 The Conquest of Scandinavia 165f., 213 Ægis drekka s. Lokasenna Twilight of the Gods 506f. Æsir s. Asen Altisländisch 49, 63, 81, 110, 137–140, Ästhetik 12, 14, 28, 80, 87, 89, 92, 99, 111, 142f., 145–151, 158, 163, 198, 264, 302, 141f., 162, 197f., 233f., 234–237, 246f., 309–311, 380, 383–388, 390, 402, 434, 249f., 288, 291, 293, 307, 337, 340, 342, 437, 442, 463, 473, 532, 562, 660, 662, 348f., 351, 357f., 387, 467, 471, 475, 541, 675, 709, 743 583, 662–554, 722, 754 Altnordistik 448 Ættartala 158 Alvilda 722 Afzelius, Arvid August 101, 135, 143, 145, Alvíssmál 122, 251, 338, 571, 593, 617 510 Alvitra 96 Agnarr (Sigrdrífomál) 205 Amazone 717f., 722, 730, 736, 738 Agnarr (Grímnismál) 570 Amerlan, Frieda Ahlgren, Daniel Götter und Helden der alten Ger- Ask & Embla 31 manen 625 Albe(n), Elbe(n) 220, 231, 292, 326, 568, Amon Amarth 29, 192, 407–409, 428, 485, 616f., 619 711 Anatol, Andreas (d. i. Klaus Fröba) Arlt-Kruse, Lotte Mit Wotan auf der Bärenhaut 34, Baldur 62 443 Arnamagnäanische Ausgabe der Andersen, Lise Præstgaard 721 Liederedda 144–148, 235, 262, 294, 626 Anderson, Poul Arngrímur Jónsson 117, 347, 379 Hrolf Kraki’s saga 179 Crymogæa 160, 302 Mother of Kings 179 Árni Magnússon 79, 140, 304f., 587 The Broken Sword 178f. The Last Viking 179 Arnim, Achim von 324 War of the Gods 179 Des Knaben Wunderhorn 258, 636 Andersson, Lars Arnkiel, Trogillus 124f., 627 Snöljus 553 Arnold, Matthew 475 Anderton, Howard Orsmond Balder Dead 52 Baldur 52 Arnórr Jarlaskáld 9 Andreé, Elfrida Fritiofssaga 402 Artemis 417 Andrews, Tamara 42 Artmann, Hans Carl Die Heimholung des Hammers 610 Andri Snær Magnason Gesänge der Hämmer 656 Gras 115 Artus, Artussage 650, 669 Andvari 35, 360, 419, 428, 492, 552, 614f., 691f. Ása-Þórr s. Thor Angantýr 232, 288, 428, 726f. Ásatrú, Asatru 63, 315f., 411, 453, 460, 520, 523, 530 Angelsachsen 160, 666 Asenglaube, Asenreligion 64, 158, 162, Angelsächsisch 131, 473 310, 442, 444, 454; s. auch Ásatrú Angrbóða 195 Asengläubige s. Ásatrú Antirationalistisch 192f., 234 Asenlehre 48, 51f., 277 Apfel 11f., 23, 47, 88, 99, 126, 226f., 247, Asgard 27-30; 7, 67, 82, 107, 114, 125, 249, 291f., 294–299, 334, 352, 420, 691, 166, 171, 180, 186, 295, 360, 363, 405, 708, 740 422, 470, 477, 485f., 568, 571, 614, 643, Apokalypse, apokalyptisch 53, 66, 68f., 693, 714, 750 82, 166, 186, 334, 395, 517, 653, 755 Ásgrímur Jónsson 372 Apollo(n) 40, 124, 398, 695 Asien 43, 120, 258f., 161–165, 307, 322, Applegate, Katherine Alice 180 326, 341, 345, 378, 390, 439, 444, 566f., 576, 712 Arbo, Peter Nicolai Asgaardsreien 410 Ask und Embla 30–33; 338 Odins Wilde Jagd 96 Áslaug 94f., 189 Walküre 96 Ásmegin 25 Arctander, Carl Yduns æbler 299 Ásmundur Sveinsson 99 Edduljóð 121 Arentzen, Kristian Nordisk Mythologi 308 Asterix 443, 707, 714, 736 Ari Þorgilsson Athene 417 Íslendingabók 158, 594 Atlakviða in grœnlenzka s. Atlilieder Baldrs draumar 78–85; 37f., 40, 63, 88, Atlamál in grœnlenzko s. Atlilieder 92, 110, 118, 140–144, 147, 165, 195–197, 212–214, 233–235, 239, 255, 288, 348, Atlantis 40, 124, 247, 295, 323, 457 381f., 384, 403, 412, 439–441, 499, 505, Atli, Attila, Etzel 33–35, 189, 194, 209f., 507, 525, 572, 662, 664, 672, 678, 723 215, 394, 406,492; s. auch Atlilieder Baldrs Tod 36–41, 45–49, 50, 52, 55, 57f., Atlilieder 33–36 60–64, 66, 70, 78, 82–84, 88, 95, 174, 176, 180, 182, 185, 190, 194f., 200, 230, 356, Atterberg, Kurt 360, 363, 365, 367, 371, 400, 402, 505, Sinfonia visionaria 677 507, 525f., 539, 565, 585, 679, 683, 695, Auden, Wystan Hugh 151, 153 726, 732 Auðhumla 234, 313, 353, 355f. Baldrs Träume 28, 67, 78f., 403 Auerbach, Adam 737 Baldrs Wiederkehr 37–39, 44, 46–49, 51, 55f., 58, 62, 63–65, 67, 69f., 83, 506, 508, Aukrust, Olav 575–677, 679 675 Aurgelmir 532 Baldur Ragnarsson 153f. Austri 304 Ballade 22, 30, 35, 118, 251, 258, 270, Axtzeit 501, 510 274, 283, 288, 355, 372, 399, 407, 409, 469, 474, 476f., 535, 549, 607f., 635–637, 642, 683, 713, 721 Baade, Knud 96, 471, 662f. Ballett 63, 78, 358, 367, 400f., 403, 426, Baden, Torkel 89 478, 509, 513, 550 Bæksted, Anders Baltz, Johanna 478 Guder og helte i Norden 630 Bang, Anton Christian 666 Nordisk Gudelære 630f. Barbaryan 495 Bagby, Benjamin 396f., 477 Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss 193 Baggesen, Jens 69, 143 Balders igienkomst eller digte til Barfod, Fredrik 297 Nanna 46 Barlösius, Georg 524 Baldurs Igjenkomst 49 Das nordische Geheimniß 507 Barrès, Maurice 491 Odins rejse til Dovre eller Poesiens Bartholin, Thomas 51, 81,142, 290, 323, oprindelse 110, 199, 468 279f., 382f., 454, 506, 660f. Ragnarockur 507 Antiquitatum Danicarum [...] libri Bahro, Rudolf 319 tres 39f., 79, 86, 133, 140, 247, 256, 348, 380, 499, 660, 664f., Baitinger, Max 707f., 718, 722f. Heimdall 503 Bathory 410, 711 Baldr 36-77; 84, 185, 188, 190, 200, 213, 235, 256, 363, 367–369, 400, 417, 421f., Bauer, Josef 62, 483 467f., 471, 505–510, 524–528, 530, 539– Bauer, John 535 541, 565f., 583–585, 588, 596, 636, 675, 679, 683, 695, 704, 719, 726, 732, 745 Baugi 107 Baldr-Kenning 565 Baumeister 27–29, 220, 533, 591, 692f., 710 Baldrs Bestattung 36, 38 Baur, Ferdinand Christian 638 Baynes, Helton Godwin 459 Bewer, Max 490 Bayreuther Kreis 244, 327, 357, 698 Germanen-Schlacht 494 Bear, Elizabeth Biarkamál 138, 143, 156, 174, 277, 565, Edda of Burdens 183 573 Beardsley, Aubrey 98 Biarni Kolbeinsson Erda 214 Jómsvíkingadrápa 288 Bechstein, Ludwig 114 Bieler, Manfred Der Schuß auf die Kanzel 712 Becker, Franziska Walhalla 713 Feminax und Walkürax 736, 738 Bier 21, 25, 207, 702, 704f., 707, 718 Begtrup, Holger 371 Bifröst 180, 422, 489, 496, 502, 643, 744, Behrens, Jack 750 The Lay of Thrym 405, 609 Bilddenkmäler 34–36, 86, 108f., 126, 341, Bekehrung s. Glaubenswechsel 371, 397, 438, 450f., 653, 706f., 721 Bekkhildr 206 Bildende Kunst 86–107; s. auch Beli 204 Bilddenkmäler, Frølich, Füssli, Morris Bella, Ján Levoslav 655 Bilderbogen aus Epinal 491, 495 Bellows, Henry Adams 242 Bildstein Ardre VIII 593, 706f., 341 Belyj, Andrej 69 Bildstein Alskog Tjängvide I 706 Benedictsson, Victoria 735 Bilskirnir 590 Benedikt Gröndal Jónsson 306 Bink, Karl Wilhelm De Dunnerhamer 610 Benedikt Gröndal Sveinbjarnarson Brísíngamen 222f. Binnenreim 301, 564 Ragnarökkur 307 Biörner, Eric Julius 22, 142 Venus og Freyja 222 Nordiska Kämper Dater 140, 237, Beowulf 131, 181, 185, 238, 285, 477, 611, 382 618f., 621, 649f. Bismarck, Otto von 59, 70, 454, 479, 490, Bergman, Bo 493, 551 Balder 65, 70 Hödurreden 53–55, 364 Bergmann, Friedrich Wilhelm 150, 529 Bissen, Herman Wilhelm 96, 201 Bergsveinn Birgisson Bjarke, Bodwar (d. i. Nils Lilja) Landsýn 30 Nordiska Gudasagor utstryda i humoristiska sånger 70 Berserker 184, 265, 325, 457f., 462 Bjarme, Brynjolf (d. i. Henrik Ibsen) Berthold von Hohenburg 70 Helge Hundingsbane 284 Bertram, Ernst 431 Bjarni Thorarensen Beständig, Otto Freyjukettirnir 306 Der Tod Balders 52, 84 Bjerring, Carl 109, 202, 693 Beuys, Joseph Björn Jónsson von Skarðsá 304 Wo ist mein Schmuck? Wo sind meine Scheiben, meine Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne 493 Zaumzeuge?101 Bjørnstad, Ketil Borghild 650 Old 84, 412, 678f. Borrow, George 46 Black Messiah 365 Bossard, Johann Michael 336 Blair, Hugh Boswell, James 473 A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian 384 Boulez, Pierre 698 Blake, William 80, 88, 256, 474f., 670, Bournonville, August 725f. Thrymskviden 400, 509, 609, 666 Valkyrien 400, 426, 732 Blind Guardian 407 Bous 39 Blixen, Karen Sorg-Agre 46 Bowles, William Lisle 724 Blomberg, Stig Boye, Karin Ask und Embla 31 Sköldmön 736 Blommér, Nils Jacob 372 Braak, Menno ter 685 Brage sittande vid harpan, Idun Bragi 21, 92, 99, 197, 147, 249, 251, 294– stående bakom honom 298 299, 316, 346, 349, 351f., 379, 398, 417– Freya sökande sin make 95, 224f. 422, 571f., 574, 703 Loke och Sigyn 95 Heimdal ofverlämnar till Freya Bragi inn gamli Boddason 398 smycket Bryfing 225 Gefion-Strophe 170, 567 Näcken och Ägirs döttrar 24, 95 Ragnarsdrápa 195, 573, 575, 593, 705 Blumenberg, Hans 8f., 216f., 342, 344, 584, 738 Brakel, Gustaf Anton Arbeit am Mythos 9, 287, 415 Oden i Svithiod 168 Blutaar, Blutadler 548 Branagh, Kenneth 184 Thor 368, 516 Boberg, Anna Tirfing 402f., 727 Brandes, Georg 367 Böckh, Christian Gottfried 251 Brandes, Peter Ask og Embla 31 Bodmer, Johann Jakob 234, 237 Brandt, Gustav 24 Boðn 107 Brate, Erik 153 Böðvarr Biarki 70, 277 Braun, Max Böðvildr 653f., 732 Nibelungenland 551 Bölverkr 107, 110 Breda, Johan von 91 Bohr, Helmut von 70 Breiðablik 56 Bohrmann, Heinrich Breidi, Walid 680 Iduna 299 Breivik, Anders Behring 461 Borch, Christopher 96 Bremer, Fredrika Borchsenius, Otto 295 Trälinnan 216 Borges, Jorge Luis Bremer, Uwe 610, 656 Islandia 69 Ragnarök 512f.
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