[gothic-l] Re: Barbarians and Gladiatorial Combat

[llama_nom]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, "Mikael Bynke" <adragoor at p...> wrote:
> Llama Nom,
> 
> Do you think that you have a reference to the mentioned theory of M 
Olsen's?
> 
> Mikael Bynke


Olsen, M (1931/32) 'Vallhall med de mange dörer', Acta Philologica 
Scandinavica 6




> 
> 
> >Hi Mikael,
> >
> >How did barbarians see the gladitorial combal? As paradise, 
> >according to one scholar! Have you heard of M Olsen's theory that 
> >Valhall was a memory of colloseum? As described in Grimnismal and 
> >Snorri's Gylfaginning, Valhall has 540 doors, and houses warriors 
>who
> 
> >spend every day fighting each other. Rudolf Simek, in his 
>Dictionary 
> >of Northern Mythology (original: Lexikon der germanischen 
>Mythologie)
> 
> >suggests that even if the orignal heathen idea of Valhall was not 
> >based on the Roman games, later knowledge of the colloseum could 
>have
> 
> >influenced the literary description. He also mentions - although I 
> >don't know the reason - that the number of the einherjar (Odin's 
> >warriors) might show Hellenic influence: 800 x 540 = 432 000. But 
> >this doesn't work if Grimnismal intended the Germanic 'long 
>hundred' 
> >(=120).
> >
> >Llama Nom
> 
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