Английская Википедия:Alvaldi
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Alvaldi (also Ölvaldi; Old Norse 'all-powerful') is a jötunn in Norse mythology, presented as the father of Þjazi.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Saturn's moon Alvaldi is named after him.
Name
The Old Norse name Alvadi means 'all-powerful'.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The name Ölvadi, found in Skáldskaparmál, appears to be a variant form referring to the same character.Шаблон:Sfn
Attestations
In Hárbarðsljóð (Lay of Hárbarðr), Alvadi is mentioned as the father of the jötunn Þjazi.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
In Skáldskaparmál (Language of Poetry), he is named Ölvadi and portrayed as the father of Þjazi, Gangr and Iði. Described as "very rich in gold", Ölvadi divides the inheritance among his sons in such a way that each may take the same mouthful of gold.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn According to philologist Rudolf Simek, the story is probably the remnant of an old myth.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Poem quote
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