Talk:Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn

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Fjörgyn and Jörð[edit]

I think there should be more stress on the reasons why Fjörgyn (f) is identified with Jord. I checked out both Harbardsljod and Völuspa and in both sources she appears as the mother of Thor. Since "mother of Thor" was a kenning for Jord, i.e. the earth, the identification between Fjörgyn and Jord is as positively certain as any identification could possibly get in Norse mythology.--Berig (talk) 18:46, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The line from stanza 56 in Harbardsljod in Bellows' translation:

And there shall Fjorgyn her son Thor find,

Bellows' comment: Fjorgyn: a feminine form of the same name, which belongs to Othin (cf. Voluspo, 56 and note); here it evidently means Jorth (Earth), Thor's mother.[1]

The line from Stanza 56 in Völuspa in Bellows' translation:

Nine paces fares | the son of Fjorgyn,

And, slain by the serpent, | fearless he sinks.

Bellows' comment: Fjorgyn appears in both a masculine and a feminine form. in the masculine it is a name for Othin; in the feminine, as here and in Harbarthsljoth, 56, it apparently refers to Jorth.[2]

So the lines refer to the mother of Thor, i.e. Jord.--Berig (talk) 18:55, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand how exactly Bellows is deducing that this is another name for Odin? It seems to me that 56 just identifies Thor as Fjörgyn - the female - as Thor's son again, and neither Simek or Lindow mention that Odin is related to Fjörgyn. Maybe you can help me out here. :bloodofox: (talk) 19:00, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You reverted me[3].--Berig (talk) 21:27, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, no offense intended, of course - I want to make sure that the claim is solid outside of Bellows as it seems pretty odd to me, otherwise we can put it in the "theories" section. :bloodofox: (talk) 21:30, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fjörgyn and Pārvatī[edit]

Hello everyone,

Perhaps, Fjörgyn is a cognate to Vedic Pā́rvatī. They are linguistically similar. They both mean mountain. They are both Goddesses. They're likely to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *pérwr̥ (“rock”). Sure, one can try to counter this and say "no, they come from PIE *perkṷu-" However, to that, the Vedic Parjanya's j doesn't correspond with PIE kw as mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkwunos#Etymology Leornendeealdenglisc (talk) 15:41, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]