Geri dan Freki
Dalam mitologi Nordik, Geri dan Freki (berturut-turut berarti "si serakah" dan "si rakus") adalah dua serigala yang setia mendampingi Dewa Odin duduk bertakhta di atas singgasananya. Geri dan Freki adalah penjaga pribadi sang dewa.[1]
Etimologi
Nama Geri dan Freki telah ditafsirkan dengan arti "si serakah" atau "si rakus".[2]
Catatan
- ^ A. Sutherland (8 Februari 2019). "Geri And Freki: Two Wolves 'Greedy' And 'Ravenous' Were Loyal Companions Of Odin In Norse Beliefs". Ancient Pages. Diakses tanggal 6 Maret 2020.
- ^ Simek (2007:90; 106); Lindow (2001:120; 139).
Referensi
- Bellows, Henry Adams (1923). The Poetic Edda. American-Scandinavian Foundation.
- Bellows, Henry Adams (1936). The Poetic Edda. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Bloomfield, Maurice (1908) "Cerberus" in: Hastings, James (Ed.) Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. 5. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
- Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3.
- Grimm, Jacob (1882). Teutonic Mythology, Vol. I, Translated from the 4th Edition by James Steven Stallybrass. London: George Bell & Sons.
- Lincoln, Bruce (1991). Death, War, and Sacrifice: Studies in Ideology and Practice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-48199-9.
- Lindow, John (2001). Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515382-0.
- Orel, Vladimir (2003). A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 90-04-12875-1.
- Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1
- Silén, Lars (1983). "Några Reflektioner Angående Bilderna på Balingsta-Stenen i Uppland" (PDF). Fornvännen. Swedish National Heritage Board. 78: 88–91. Diakses tanggal 2010-01-28.
- Spiedel, Michael (2004). Ancient Germanic Warriors: Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-31199-3
- Thorpe, Benjamin (Trans) (1907). Edda Sæmundar Hinns Frôða The Edda of Sæmund the Learned. Part I. London Trübner & Co
Pranala luar
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