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In Norse mythology, Óðr (Old Norse for the "Divine Madness, frantic, furious, vehement, eager", as a noun "mind, feeling" and also "song, poetry"; Orchard (1997) gives "the frenzied one"〔Orchard (1997:121).〕) or Óð, sometimes angliziced as Odr or Od, is a figure associated with the major goddess Freyja. The ''Prose Edda'' and ''Heimskringla'', written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, both describe Óðr as Freyja's husband and father of her daughter Hnoss. ''Heimskringla'' adds that the couple produced another daughter, Gersemi. A number of theories have been proposed about Óðr, generally that he is somehow a hypostasis of the deity Odin due to their similarities. ==Etymology== The Old Norse noun ''óðr'' may be the origin of the theonym ''Óðinn'' (Anglicized as Odin), and it means "mind", "soul" or "spirit" (so used in stanza 18.1 of the Poetic Edda poem ''Völuspá''). In addition, ''óðr'' can also mean "song", "poetry" and "inspiration", and it has connotations of "possession". It is derived from a Proto-Germanic *''wōð''- or *''wōþ''- and it is related to Gothic ''wôds'' ("raging", "possessed"), Old High German ''wuot'' ("fury" "rage, to be insane") and the Anglo-Saxon words ''wód'' ("fury", "rabies") and ''wóð'' ("song", "cry", "voice", "poetry", "eloquence"). Old Norse derivations include ''œði'' "strong excitation, possession".〔Jacob Grimm, ''Deutsches Wörterbuch'' (1961), s.v. "Wut", "Wutesheer". Julius Pokorny, ''IEW'' (1959), s.v. "wat".〕 Ultimately these Germanic words are derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *''wāt''-, which meant "to blow (on), to fan (flames)", fig. "to inspire". The same root also appears in Latin ''vātēs'' ("seer", "singer"), which is considered to be a Celtic loanword, compare to Irish ''fāith'' ("poet", but originally "excited", "inspired").〔 The root has also been said to appear in Sanskrit ''vāt-'' "to fan".〔With the ''api-'', the verb takes the meaning of "to excite, awaken", in RV 1.128.2 said of Agni, the sacrificial fire, where the literal meaning of "to fan" coincides with the figurative meaning "to excite". See Monier-Williams (1899), s.v. "vāt", "apivat".〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Óðr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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