In Norse mythology, Gjallarhorn (Old Norse "yelling horn"[1]) is the horn with which the gatekeeper god, Heimdallr, announces Ragnarök. As said in the Völuspá :
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In Gylfaginning, Gjallarhorn is also the name of a drinking horn used by the god Mímir when he drinks from his namesake well. In the latter case, the name Gjallarhorn may mean "horn of the river Gjöll".[1]
Archeological Evidence
It has been suggested that a figure holding a horn and a sword that is depicted on a damaged Manx cross from Jurby, Isle of Man, represents Heimdall holding the Gjallarhorn.[4] There is general agreement that Heimdall holding his horn is also shown on a panel of the Gosforth Cross in England.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b Orchard (1997:56-57).
- ^ Völuspá in Old Norse at http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/NorseMyth.htm
- ^ Völuspá in English at http://www.cybersamurai.net/Mythology/NorseMyth.htm. Translation by Henry Adams Bellows (Bellows interpolates the two last verses with the fifth and sixth of the next stanza).
- ^ Kermode (2005 [1907]:188).
- ^ Wilson, D. M. (1998). "Gosforth Cross". in Hoops, Johannes; Beck, Heinrich. Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. 12. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 400. ISBN 3-11-016227-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=bcwfZW_soyMC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
References
- Kermode, Philip Moore (2005 reprint of 1907 Bemrose ed.)). Manx Crosses or The Inscribed and Sculptured Monuments of the Isle of Man From About the End of the Fifth to the Beginning of the Thirteenth Century. Elibron Classics. pp. 188. ISBN 1-4021-19278-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=WirasDmT2C8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0 304 34520 2
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