Logi (mythology)
{{Short description|Norse mythical character}}
Logi (Old Norse: {{IPA|non|ˈloɣe|}}, 'fire, flame') or Hálogi ({{IPA|non|ˈhɑːˌloɣe|}}, 'High Flame') is a jötunn and the personification of fire in Norse mythology. He is a son of the jötunn Fornjótr and the brother of Ægir or Hlér ('sea') and Kári ('wind'). Logi married fire giantess Glöð and she gave birth to their two beautiful daughters—Eisa and Eimyrja.
Name
The Old Norse name Logi is generally translated as 'fire', 'flame', or blaze'.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=364}}{{Sfn|Lindow|2001|p=213}} It was also used in poetry as a synonym of 'sword, blade'.{{Sfn|de Vries|1962|p=364}}
Since Logi is pitted against the god Loki in a story in the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda, it has been suggested that Loki was also associated with fire, but it is more likely to be wordplay.{{Sfn|de Vries|1970|pp=255–56}} Loki has no provable connection to the German word Lohe ('blaze'),{{Sfn|Simek|2000|pp=195–96}} despite Richard Wagner's use of the name Loge for the demigod in his Ring des Nibelungen.
Attestations
= ''Gylfaginning'' =
In Gylfaginning ('The Beguiling of Gylfi'), Logi appears in the tale of Thor and Loki's journey to the castle of the giant Útgarða-Loki in Jötunheimr, where Loki was pitted against Logi in an eating contest. The contestants appeared to be equal in speed at eating meat from the bone, but Logi also consumed the bones and even the wooden trencher in which the meat was placed showing off his might. Útgarða-Loki afterwards explained that Logi was really wildfire itself.
= ''Hversu Noregr byggðist'' =
In Hversu Noregr byggðist in Flateyjarbók, there is a mention of Logi's family:
There was a man called Fornjót. He had three sons; one was Hlér, another Logi, the third Kári; he ruled over winds, but Logi over fire, Hlér over the seas.Hversu Noregr byggðist, ch. 1: Fornjótr hét maðr. Hann átti þrjá sonu; var einn Hlér, annarr Logi, þriði Kári. Hann réð fyrir vindum, en Logi fyrir eldi, Hlér fyrir sjó.
The sons of Fornjótr are given powers to rule over forces of nature. Logi rules over fire.
= ''Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar'' =
In Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar, Logi, also called Hálogi, is identified as a risi (another kind of giant) who becomes the first king of Hálogaland (northern Norway), and the ancestor of its royal line, all of whom are known for their muscular physique and stunning beauty.
{{chart top|The family tree of Logi according to Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar, Chapter 1[https://www.germanicmythology.com/FORNALDARSAGAS/ThorsteinsSagavikingssonAnderson1877.html The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son], original text and English translation by Rasmus Anderson & Jón Bjarnason (Viking Tales of the North, 1877)|collapsed=yes}}
Kings are marked with a crown (♕).
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Legacy
A moon of planet Saturn is named Loge after Logi.Discovery date: March 6, 2006. {{cite web |url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/overview/?page=0&per_page=40&order=name+asc&search=&placeholder=Enter+moon+name&condition_1=38%3Aparent_id&condition_2=moon%3Abody_type%3Ailike&condition_3=moon%3Abody_type |title=Overview: Saturn Moons |publisher=NASA |access-date=April 20, 2021 }}
References
= Bibliography =
- {{Cite book|last=de Vries|first=Jan|title=Altnordisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch|date=1962|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-05436-3|edition=1977|author-link=Jan de Vries (linguist)}}
- {{Cite book|last=de Vries |first=Jan |title=Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte |volume=2 |orig-year=1937 |edition=3rd |year=1970 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |oclc=1067864774}}
- {{Cite book|last=Lindow|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC|title=Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs|date=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983969-8|language=en|author-link=John Lindow}}
- {{Cite book |first=Rudolf |last=Simek |authorlink=Rudolf Simek |translator=Angela Hall |title=Dictionary of Northern Mythology |orig-year=1993 |year=2000 |publisher=D. S. Brewer |isbn=0-85991-513-1 }}
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