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''Hervararkviða'', (published in English translation as The Waking of Angantyr, or The Incantation of Hervor) is an
Hljóðkerfi og bragkerfi: Stoðhljóð, tónkvæði og önnur úrlausnarefni í íslenskri bragsögu ásamt útgáfu á Rímum af Ormari Fraðmarssyn
(Ph.D. thesis, University of Iceland, 2013), p. 271. The poem was first translated into English by George Hickes in the early 18th century, as "The Waking of Angantyr", and republished in amended form by Thomas Percy as ''"The Incantation of Hervor" '' (1763). These works led to the poem's popularity as a subject for poetic translation in the late eighteenth century. Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle created a French translation in 1862 as ''L'Epée d'Angantyr''
''Hervararkviða'', (published in English translation as The Waking of Angantyr, or The Incantation of Hervor) is an Old Norse poem
Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in Old Norse, during the period from the 8th century (see Eggjum stone) to as late as the far end of the 13th century. Most of the Old Norse poetry that survives was preserved in Iceland ...
from the '' Hervarar saga'', and which is sometimes included in editions of the ''Poetic Edda
The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the '' Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic me ...
''.
The poem is about the shieldmaiden
A shield-maiden ( non, skjaldmær ) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology.
Shield-maidens are often mentioned in sagas such as ''Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks'' and in ''Gesta Danorum''. They also appear in stories of other ...
Hervor and her visiting her father Angantyr
Angantyr was the name of three male characters from the same line in Norse mythology, and who appear in '' Hervarar saga'', '' Gesta Danorum'', and Faroese ballads.
The last generation named Angantyr also appears to be mentioned as ''Incgentheo ...
's ghost at his barrow
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. She does so in order to make him give her an heirloom
In popular usage, an heirloom is something that has been passed down for generations through family members. Examples are a Family Bible, antiques, weapons or jewellery.
The term originated with the historical principle of an heirloom in ...
, the cursed sword Tyrfing.
For a fuller analysis of the text as a whole, including manuscript sources, and stemmatics, see Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
''Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks'' (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas in Germanic heroic legend. It tells of wars between the Goths and the Huns during the 4th century ...
.
Translations and other adaptions
:''See also Hervarar saga § Influence, Legacy, and Adaptions'' As well as appearing in translations of the '' Hervarar saga'', the poem is also found translated in some editions of the ''Poetic Edda
The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the '' Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic me ...
'' including , and
A key scene in the later medieval '' Ormars rímur'', in which the hero awakens his father from the dead to retrieve his sword, was probably inspired by ''Hervararkviða''.Haukur Þorgeirsson,Hljóðkerfi og bragkerfi: Stoðhljóð, tónkvæði og önnur úrlausnarefni í íslenskri bragsögu ásamt útgáfu á Rímum af Ormari Fraðmarssyn
(Ph.D. thesis, University of Iceland, 2013), p. 271. The poem was first translated into English by George Hickes in the early 18th century, as "The Waking of Angantyr", and republished in amended form by Thomas Percy as ''"The Incantation of Hervor" '' (1763). These works led to the poem's popularity as a subject for poetic translation in the late eighteenth century. Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle created a French translation in 1862 as ''L'Epée d'Angantyr''
he Sword of Angantyr
He or HE may refer to:
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* He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets
* He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
Translations and interpretations
* * * * **Revised and expanded as *Bibliography
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External links
* , textual analysis of the poem as part of a lesson in Old Norse {{DEFAULTSORT:Hervararkvida Sources of Norse mythology Eddic poetry Tyrfing cycle