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In ], '''Ýdalir''' ("]-]"<ref name=ORCHARD185>{{harvnb|Orchard |1997|p=185}}.</ref>) is a location containing a dwelling owned by the god ]. Ýdalir is solely attested in the '']'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the implications of the location. In ], '''Ýdalir''' ("]-]"<ref name=ORCHARD185>{{harvcol|Orchard |1997|p=185}}.</ref>) is a location containing a dwelling owned by the god ]. Ýdalir is solely attested in the '']'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the implications of the location.


==Attestations== ==Attestations==
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:has himself a dwelling made. :has himself a dwelling made.
:] the gods ] gave :] the gods ] gave
:in days of yore for a tooth-gift.<ref name=THORPE21>{{harvnb|Thorpe|1907|p=21}}.</ref> :in days of yore for a tooth-gift.<ref name=THORPE21>{{harvcol|Thorpe|1907|p=21}}.</ref>
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==Theories== ==Theories==
Discussing Ýdalir, ] comments that "the wood of the yew-tree was used for bows in the North just as it was long afterwards for England."<ref name=BELLOWS88>{{harvnb|Bellows|2004|p=88}}.</ref> ] says that "this connexion of the god with the yew-tree, of whose wood bows were made (cf. ON ''ýbogi'' 'yew bow'), has led to Ullr being seen as a bow-god."<ref name=SIMEK375>{{harvnb|Simek|2007|p=375}}.</ref> Andy Orchard comments that Ýdalir is an "aptly named dwelling-place ]-god, Ull."<ref name=ORCHARD185/> According to ], while Valhalla "is well known because it plays so large a part in images of warfare and death," the significance of other halls in Norse mythology such as Ýdalir, and the goddess ]'s afterlife location ] has been lost.<ref name=DAVIDSON199367>{{harvnb|Davidson|1993|p=67}}.</ref> Discussing Ýdalir, ] comments that "the wood of the yew-tree was used for bows in the North just as it was long afterwards for England."<ref name=BELLOWS88>{{harvcol|Bellows|2004|p=88}}.</ref> ] says that "this connexion of the god with the yew-tree, of whose wood bows were made (cf. ON ''ýbogi'' 'yew bow'), has led to Ullr being seen as a bow-god."<ref name=SIMEK375>{{harvcol|Simek|2007|p=375}}.</ref> Andy Orchard comments that Ýdalir is an "aptly named dwelling-place ]-god, Ull."<ref name=ORCHARD185/> According to ], while Valhalla "is well known because it plays so large a part in images of warfare and death," the significance of other halls in Norse mythology such as Ýdalir, and the goddess ]'s afterlife location ] has been lost.<ref name=DAVIDSON199367>{{harvcol|Davidson|1993|p=67}}.</ref>


], located in ], ], is first recorded in 1578, and is thought to derive from Old Norse ''y-dalr''. Robert Bevan-Jones proposes a connection between veneration of Ullr and Ýdalir among the settling pagan Norse in Scotland and their bestowment of the name ''ydalr'' to the location.<ref name="BEVAN-JONES134">{{harvnb|Bevan-Jones|2002|p=134}}.</ref> ], located in ], ], is first recorded in 1578, and is thought to derive from Old Norse ''y-dalr''. Robert Bevan-Jones proposes a connection between veneration of Ullr and Ýdalir among the settling pagan Norse in Scotland and their bestowment of the name ''ydalr'' to the location.<ref name="BEVAN-JONES134">{{harvcol|Bevan-Jones|2002|p=134}}.</ref>


==Notes== ==Notes==

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Mythological location For the album by Skálmöld, see Ýdalir (album).
Leaning on a bow, the god Ullr stands atop a frozen lake surrounded by evergreen trees and a building (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine.

In Norse mythology, Ýdalir ("yew-dales") is a location containing a dwelling owned by the god Ullr. Ýdalir is solely attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources. Scholarly theories have been proposed about the implications of the location.

Attestations

Ýdalir is solely attested in stanza 5 of the poem Grímnismál (collected in the Poetic Edda), where Odin (disguised as Grímnir) tells the young Agnar that Ullr owns a dwelling in Ýdalir. The stanza reads (Ýdalir is here translated as Ydalir):

Ydalir it is called, where Ullr
has himself a dwelling made.
Alfheim the gods Frey gave
in days of yore for a tooth-gift.

Theories

Discussing Ýdalir, Henry Adams Bellows comments that "the wood of the yew-tree was used for bows in the North just as it was long afterwards for England." Rudolf Simek says that "this connexion of the god with the yew-tree, of whose wood bows were made (cf. ON ýbogi 'yew bow'), has led to Ullr being seen as a bow-god." Andy Orchard comments that Ýdalir is an "aptly named dwelling-place archer-god, Ull." According to Hilda Ellis Davidson, while Valhalla "is well known because it plays so large a part in images of warfare and death," the significance of other halls in Norse mythology such as Ýdalir, and the goddess Freyja's afterlife location Fólkvangr has been lost.

Udale, located in Cromarty, Scotland, is first recorded in 1578, and is thought to derive from Old Norse y-dalr. Robert Bevan-Jones proposes a connection between veneration of Ullr and Ýdalir among the settling pagan Norse in Scotland and their bestowment of the name ydalr to the location.

Notes

  1. ^ (Orchard 1997:185).
  2. (Thorpe 1907:21).
  3. (Bellows 2004:88).
  4. (Simek 2007:375).
  5. (Davidson 1993:67).
  6. (Bevan-Jones 2002:134).

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