Английская Википедия:Beli (jötunn)
Шаблон:Short description Beli (Old Norse: Шаблон:IPA-non) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is said in eddic poetry to have been killed by the god Freyr.Шаблон:Sfn Saturn's moon Beli is named after him.
Name
The Old Norse name Шаблон:Lang has been translated as 'roarer'.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn It is related to the Old Norse weak verb Шаблон:Wikt-lang ('to roar'; Шаблон:Abbr Icelandic Шаблон:Wikt-lang, Old Swedish Шаблон:Lang 'to roar').Шаблон:Sfn
Attestations
Eddas
In Gylfaginning (The Beguiling of Gylfi), the god Freyr is forced to fight weaponless against the giant Beli, since he has given his sword to his servant Skírnir before sending him to court Gerðr for his master. Freyr eventually manages to kill the giant with the antler of a hart (stag).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
In Völuspá (Prophecy of the Völva), Freyr is portrayed as "Beli's slayer" (bani Belja, 53).Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Skaldic poetry
In Háleygjatal, written by 10th-century skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir, Freyr is called "Beli's enemy" (Belja dólgr), and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir uses the kenning "evil troop of Beli" (bölverðung Belja) in his Haustlöng.Шаблон:Sfn
Theories
According to scholar John Lindow, the killing of Beli is part of an older myth that has been lost and "can be glimpsed only in passing".Шаблон:Sfn
Elsewhere in Skírnismál (The Lay of Skírnir), Gerðr complains of the slaying of her brother by Frey, which some scholars have interpreted as evidence that she was the sister of Beli.Шаблон:Sfn According to Orchard, "it is clear that Gerd’s reluctance to accept Frey’s favours is based in no small part on her grief for her unnamed brother, whom Frey might have killed. It is therefore possible that Beli is the brother of Gerd, although Frey’s traditional weaponlessness, most tellingly at Ragnarok against Surt, renders the identification uncertain."Шаблон:Sfn
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