Ramnegud
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Ramnagud
Etymology
From Old Norse Hrafnaguð.
Proper noun
Ramnegud m (definite Ramneguden)
- Raven God, a kenning for Odin
- 1909, Halvdan Koht, “Oden og æserne”, in Gamalnorske eventyr um Oden og Tor: fortalde paa nynorsk [Old Norse tales of Odin and Tor: told in Modern Norwegian], page 6:
- Tvo ramnar sit paa akslerne hans og segjer honom i øyro alle hendingar dei ser og høyrer; dei heiter Hugen og Munen. Deim sender han ut i dagningi tal aa fljuga yver all verdi, og dei kjem att til dugurden; soleis fær han kunnskap um mange tidender, og difor kallar folk han for Ramnegud.
- Two ravens sit on his shoulders and tell him in his ears all events they see and hear; their names are Huginn and Muninn. Them, he sends out at dawn to fly over the whole world, and they come back by the midday meal; this way, he gets all knowledge of many tidings, and for this reason, they call him Raven God.
See also
- Oden (“Odin”)
References
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Ramnagud”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
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