SCAN 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Baldr

• School: UBC
• Department: Scandinavian
• Course: SCAN 335
• Professor: G E O F F R E Y W I N T H R O P- Y O U N G,

Document Summary

A wise woman begins to talk about the beginning of the world and a long list of names. Created in a time where iceland was not christian yet. Written under the influence of greek myth and christianity. Several gods reappear and there"s a new world. Father being killed by someone else instead of killed by the sons. The whole things didn"t end just disaster. The game play by the gods before the three women appeared to talk about shit. Not a new world, and different from the previous one. Reflect upon the thing you did before. We are now in that position, that the world is over and is merely a tale. There comes on high, all power to hold / a mighty lord, all lands he rules. The gods destroy themselves and in come the new god. Prediction of the downfall of world and a new god. Legitimate new religion and pre-christian iceland was on their way to.