Ásgarðr - Asgard (English spelling)

Japanese: アースガルズ - あーすがるず(英語表記)Ásgarðr
Ásgarðr - Asgard (English spelling)

The land where the Asgardians live in Norse mythology. It appears in fragments in the Edda poems, but its actual nature is unclear. According to Snorri's Edda, after Odin and his brothers created humans, they built a fortress called Asgard in the center of the world and called it Troy. The gods and their descendants live there, and many events that occur on earth and in the air come from there. There is a lookout point called Friðskjalf, where Odin, the chief god of Asgard, sits and looks over the whole world, observing the deeds of each and every human and remembering them all. In the center of the city is a temple, with 12 seats in addition to Odin's high seat. The building is called Glaðsheim, the most magnificent and largest on earth, and shines with gold both inside and out. The other is the house of the goddesses, called Bíngolv. Valhalla is also in Asgard. In addition, the gods had forges where they made all the tools, such as hammers, shears, anvils, etc. In Snorri's Ynglingasaga, the land of Assia east of the River Tanais (Don) is called Ásaland or Ásalheim, and its capital is said to be Ásgard, but this is based on the Euhimerian theory that the gods were deified humans.

[Yukio Taniguchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

北欧神話のアサ神族が住む地。エッダ詩に断片的に現れるものの、実体ははっきりしない。スノッリの『エッダ』によると、オーディンとその兄弟は人間をつくったのち、世界の真ん中にアースガルズという砦(とりで)をつくり、そこをトロイアとよんだ。神々とその末裔(まつえい)が住み、地上と空中で起こる多くのできごとがそこからくるという。そこにはフリズスキャールブという見晴らし台があり、アースガルズの主神であるオーディンがそこに座って全世界を見晴るかし、人間一人一人の所業をみてすべてを記憶する。城市の真ん中には神殿が建てられ、オーディンの高座のほかに12の座がある。その建物はグラズスヘイムとよばれて地上でいちばんみごとで大きく、内も外も金一色に輝いている。もう一つは女神たちの館で、ビーンゴールブという。ワルハラもまたアースガルズの中にある。そのほか神々は、鍛冶場(かじば)を置いて槌(つち)や金鋏(はさみ)、金敷などのいっさいの道具をつくった。スノッリの『ユングリンガサガ』では、タナイス(ドン)河の東のアシーアの地がアーサランドまたはアーサヘイムとよばれ、その首都がアースガルズだとされているが、これは、神々を神格化された人間とするユーヒメラス説にたっている。

[谷口幸男]

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