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In Norse mythology, Barri is the place where Freyr and Gerðr are to consummate their union, as stated in the ''Skírnismál'': :Barri the grove is named, :which we both know, :the grove of tranquil paths. :Nine nights hence, :there to Niörd’s son :Gerd will grant delight. : ::—''För Skirnis eðr Skirnismál'' (39), (Thorpe's translation ) In Snorri Sturluson's account of the myth (found in ''Gylfaginning'', 37), the place is called Barrey or Barey:〔Two out of the four main manuscripts of the ''Prose Edda'' (''Codices'' ''Trajectinus'' and ''Wormianus'') have the name Barrey, another (''Codex Regius'') has the alternative form Barey.〕 :And nine nights later she was to come to the place called Barrey, and then go to the bridal with Freyr. : ::—''Gylfaginning'' (37), (Brodeur's translation ) The meaning of the name is uncertain. Barri is called a grove (''lundr'') but Bar(r)ey is probably an island (''ey'' being the Old Norse for "island")〔Faulkes 1988.〕 and could be connected with Barra, one of the Hebrides islands, which was once called Barrey.〔Simek 1996.〕 The meaning of the first part of the name, ''barr'', is not very enlightening for it has several meanings: "pine needle", "conifer", "tree" or "grain",〔Dillmann 2003, p.175.〕 especially "barley".〔 Magnus Olsen suggested that Barri meant "cornfield". This supports his interpretation of the union of Freyr and Gerðr as a holy wedding between a fertility god and the Earth Mother.〔Olsen, Magnus. "Fra gammelnorsk myte og kultus". ''Maal og minne''. 1909.〕 But this interpretation has been contested and Barri could be rendered into "coniferous forest" (as Rudolf Simek noticed, it would be a suitable name for a grove〔) and the signification of Barrey might be "barley-island" or "grain-island", which, John Lindow underlined, "makes no sense in the context of a fertility myth".〔Lindow 2002.〕 ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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