Rudolf Simek (born 21 February 1954) is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies...

pp. 19–34. Simek, Rudolf (1993). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Cambridge [England]: D.S. Brewer. ISBN 9780859915137. Simek, Rudolf (2007). Dictionary...

she fears; he will catch her [at the end of the world]." According to Rudolf Simek, it is possible that Sköll is another name for Fenrir, and, if so, "there...

associated with the god Odin. Scholars such as Hilda Ellis Davidson and Rudolf Simek propose that the names of the valkyries themselves contain no individuality...

name Ratatoskr as meaning "drill-tooth" (Jesse Byock, Andy Orchard, Rudolf Simek) or "bore-tooth" (John Lindow). In the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, the...

Grienberger's linguistic conclusions and leans towards Gutenbrunner's approach; Rudolf Simek on the synthesis. Lauran Toorians derives the name of Sandraudiga from...

player Péter Simek (born 1980), Hungarian association football player Rudolf Simek (born 1954), Austrian philologian and historian 14098 Šimek, an asteroid...

Germanic paganism List of horses in mythology and folklore Simek (2007:122). Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology...

produced a son, Auðr. No additional information is provided about Naglfari. Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for...

family, the altered appearance of shape-shifters. Both Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja and the fylgja. Luck...

attested in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda. Rudolf Simek says the name is etymologically related to the Old Norse herja and Old...

smaller numbers, England and areas south of Denmark. Austrian Germanist Rudolf Simek states that these bracteates may depict Odin and his ravens healing a...

Nafnaþulur valkyrie lists. No further information is provided about her. Rudolf Simek says that her name, Mist, is likely related to Old Norse mistr, meaning...

Nordgermanen. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin/Leipzig 1937, S. 395. Rudolf Simek: Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie (= Kröners Taschenausgabe. Band...

mentioned in Gylfaginning, Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented the lake. Orchard (1997:6). Faulkes (1995:28). Simek (2007:14). Faulkes, Anthony...

another name for Mimir, and that the two survivors hide in Yggdrasill." Rudolf Simek theorizes that the survival of Líf and Lífþrasir is "a case of reduplication...

names of Germanic deities. According to University of Bonn philologist Rudolf Simek, this occurred around the 1st century AD, when both cultures came into...

and in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda. Rudolf Simek says the name is kenning-like and that the name likely refers to the...

from the Ash of The Valkyries. Simek, Rudolf (1993). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. BOYE6. ISBN 0859913694. Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology...

of Thor. Their names translate to "Wrath" and "Mighty," respectively. Rudolf Simek states that, along with Thor's daughter Þrúðr ("Strength"), they embody...

"in-law-relationship", scholar Andy Orchard provides "relation", and scholar Rudolf Simek gives "relation by marriage". In stanza 48 of the Poetic Edda poem Hárbarðsljóð...

heavenly body that may be the moon". Rudolf Simek connects the account of Máni, and Hjúki and Bil (featuring, as Simek states, "a man with a pole and a woman...

another name for Mimir, and that the two survivors hide in Yggdrasill." Rudolf Simek theorizes that the survival of Líf and Lífþrasir is "a case of reduplication...

the first to be conquered. According to John Lindow, Andy Orchard, and Rudolf Simek, connections are commonly drawn between the Harii and the einherjar of...

Proto-Indo-European *deiwo-widus, meaning 'the forest of the gods'. According to Rudolf Simek, the existence of a cult of the deity is also evidenced by place names...

and þyrs have been equated by scholars such as J. R. R. Tolkien and Rudolf Simek, with the words being used to describe the being in either Old Norse...

Edda book Skáldskaparmál Vör appears within a list of 27 ásynjur names. Rudolf Simek says that it is uncertain whether or not Vör was a goddess as attested...

adjectival form means 'bright, clear', is semantically related. Scholar Rudolf Simek comments that although Gullveig's name changes to Heiðr, the meaning...

picture stones with Odin and on burial gifts in the Oseberg ship burial, Rudolf Simek says that the symbol may have been associated with religious practices...

longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda. According to Rudolf Simek, the section part of the name—vör—may be identical to the name of the...