Thunder and Thunder God (è¢rr - èrymr): Eddic Calque

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10.2991/ipc-16.2017.78How to use a DOI?

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Old Gmc Pantheon, Eddic tradition, è¢rr, èrymr.

Abstract

In the Scandinavian tradition, Thor is a 'Herculean' hero (Tacitus), rather than a thunder god, as both his name and that of his hammer imply, cf. è¢rr: èunarr (archaic), OE è r ~ è r ~ èunor, OS Thunar, Mod. E. thunder; Mj"llnir: Russian molnija 'lightning', Latvian milna 'Perkunas' hammer'. The association with 'thunder' is only etymological, Icelandic word for it being çruma, which is connected with the name of the giant èrymr, with /y/ < /u/ before */j/ in the suffix -ja-, *èrum-ja 'thunder-maker' (cf. Gothic fisk-ja 'fisherman'), a calk of è¢rr. Re-interpreted as the name of Thor's opponent, in combination with the 'hammer' motif, it gave rise to the èrymskv¡Ða of the Elder Edda.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuri Kleiner
PY  - 2017/06
DA  - 2017/06
TI  - Thunder and Thunder God (è¢rr - èrymr): Eddic Calque
BT  - Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 310
EP  - 313
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/ipc-16.2017.78
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