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In Norse mythology, Himinbjörg (Old Norse "heaven's castle"〔Simek (2007:147).〕 or "heaven mountain"〔Lindow (2002:174).〕) is the home of the god Heimdallr. Himinbjörg is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled from earlier traditional sources, and the ''Prose Edda'' and ''Heimskringla'', both written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. Himinbjörg is associated with Heimdallr in all sources. According to the ''Poetic Edda'', Heimdallr dwells there as watchman for the gods and there drinks fine mead, whereas in the ''Prose Edda'' Himinbjörg is detailed as located where the burning rainbow bridge Bifröst meets heaven. Scholars have commented on the differences between the two attestations and linked the name of the mythical location to various place names. ==Attestations== Himinbjörg receives a single mention in the ''Poetic Edda''. In the poem ''Grímnismál'', Odin (disguised as ''Grímnir''), tortured, starved and thirsty, tells the young Agnar of a number of mythological locations. The eighth location he mentions is Himinbjörg, where he says Heimdallr drinks fine mead: Regarding the above stanza, Henry Adams Bellows comments that "in stanza the two functions of Heimdall—as father of mankind (. . . ) and as warder of the gods—seem both to be mentioned, but the second line in the manuscripts is apparently in bad shape, and in the editions it is more or less conjecture".〔 In the ''Prose Edda'', Himinbjörg is mentioned twice, both times in the book ''Gylfaginning''. The first mention is found in chapter 27, where the enthroned figure of High informs Gangleri that Himinbjörg stands where the burning bridge Bifröst meets heaven.〔Faulkes (1995:20).〕 Later, in chapter 27, High says that Heimdallr lives in Himinbjörg by Bifröst and there guards the bridge from mountain jotnar while sitting at the edge of heaven. The above mentioned ''Grímnismál'' stanza is quoted shortly thereafter.〔Faulkes (1995:25).〕 In ''Ynglinga saga'', compiled in ''Heimskringla'', Snorri presents an euhemerized origin of the Norse gods and rulers descending from them. In chapter 5, Snorri asserts that the æsir settled in what is now Sweden and built various temples. Snorri writes that Odin settled in Lake Logrin "at a place which formerly was called Sigtúnir. There he erected a large temple and made sacrifices according to the custom of the Æsir. He took possession of the land as far as he had called it Sigtúnir. He gave dwelling places to the temple priests." Snorri adds that, after this, Njörðr dwelt in Nóatún, Freyr dwelt in Uppsala, Heimdallr at Himinbjörg, Thor at Þrúðvangr, Baldr at Breiðablik and that to everyone Odin gave fine estates.〔Hollander (2007:10).〕 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「Himinbjörg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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