Víðblindi

Víðblindi

Víðblindi or Viðblindi ("Very blind") is a giant in Norse mythology.

The skald Hallar-Steinn uses the "kenning" "Viðblindi's boar" ("Viðblinda göltr") for whale in a stanza quoted by Snorri Sturluson in his "Skáldskaparmál". Snorri explains it as follows:

:Here the whale is called Boar of Vidblindi; this Vidblindi was a giant who drew whales out of the sea like fishes.:::—"Skáldskaparmál" (XLVI), [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/pre05.htm Brodeur's translation]

A similar "kenning" for whale, "Víðblindi's pig" ("Víðblinda svín"), can be found in an [http://skaldic.arts.usyd.edu.au/db.php?table=verses&id=1501 anonymous stanza from the 13th century] preserved in "Laufás Edda".

Rudolf Simek noticed that the only giant known for fishing whales is Hymir ["Hymiskviða" 21.] , but he is never called Víðblindi / Viðblindi [Simek 1996.] .

Vídblindi is also listed among the giants in the "þulur".

Notes

References

* Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (trans.). 1916. "Snorri Sturluson: The Prose Edda". New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.
* Simek, Rudolf. 1996. "Dictionary of Northern Mythology". Translated by Angela Hall. First published: Alfred Kröner Verlang, 1984. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1.


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