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__NOTOC__ ''Rígsþula'' or ''Rígsmál'' ("Lay of Ríg") is an Eddic poem in which a Norse god named Ríg or Rígr, described as "old and wise, mighty and strong", fathers the classes of mankind. The prose introduction states that Rígr is another name for Heimdall, who is also called the father of mankind in ''Völuspá''. In ''Rígsþula'', Rig wanders through the world and fathers the progenitors of the three classes of human beings as conceived by the poet. The youngest of these sons inherits the name or title "Ríg" and so in turn does his youngest son, Kon the Young or ''Kon ungr'' (, king). This third Ríg was the first true king and the ultimate founder of the state of royalty as appears in the ''Rígsþula'' and in two other associated works. In all three sources he is connected with two primordial Danish rulers named Dan and Danþír. The poem ''Rígsþula'' is preserved incomplete on the last surviving sheet in the 14th-century ''Codex Wormianus'', following Snorri Sturluson's ''Prose Edda''.〔Karl G. Johansson, ("''Rígsþula'' och Codex Wormianus: Textens funktion ur ett kompilationsperspektiv," ) ''Alvíssmál'' 8 (1998) 67–84 (pdf) (English summary, p. 84).〕 A short prose introduction explains that the god in question was Heimdall, who wandered along the seashore until he came to a farm where he called himself Ríg. The name Rígr appears to be the oblique case of Old Irish ''rí'', ''ríg'' "king", cognate to Latin ''rex'', Sanskrit ''rajan''.〔Rudolf Simek, trans. Angela Hall, ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology'', Cambridge: Brewer, 1993, repr. 2000, ISBN 0-85991-513-1, p. 264.〕 and Gothic ''reiks''.〔Joseph Wright, ''Grammar of the Gothic Language'', Oxford: Clarendon, 1910, OCLC 162196350, p. 340.〕 The identification of Rígr with Heimdall is supported by his characterization as an ancestor, or kinsman, of humankind in the first two lines of the Eddic poem ''Völuspá'':' :I ask for a hearing :of all the holy races :Greater and lesser :kinsmen of Heimdall However, some scholars, including Finnur Jónsson and Rudolf Simek, have suggested this is a role more appropriate to Óðinn and that the Eddic tradition has thus transferred the name Rígr from him to Heimdall.〔〔Jan de Vries, ''Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte'' Volume 2, 2nd ed. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1957, repr. 1970, p. 243 〕 Since ''Rígsþula'' is only preserved in a 14th-century manuscript, it is also plausible that the prose introduction was added by the compiler to conform it to the opening of ''Völuspá''.〔 == Synopsis == Rígr was walking along the shore and came to a farm-hut owned by Ái (great-grandfather) and Edda (great-grandmother). They offered him shelter and poor, rough food for a meal. That night Rígr slept between the pair in their bed and then departed. Nine months later, Edda gave birth to a son who was ''svartan'' (dark). They named him Þræll (thrall, serf, or slave). Þræll grew up strong but ugly. He married a woman named Thír (slave girl or bondswoman), and they had twelve sons and nine daughters with names mostly suggesting ugliness and squatness. They became the race of serfs. Traveling further, Rígr came across a pleasant house where a farmer/craftsman, Afi (grandfather), lived with his wife Amma (grandmother). This couple gave him good food and also let him sleep between them. Nine months later, a son, Karl (churl or freeman), was born, who had red hair and a ruddy complexion. Karl married a woman named Snör or Snœr (daughter-in-law; sometimes anglicized as Snor), and they had twelve sons and ten daughters with names mostly suggesting a neat appearance or being of good quality. One of the names is ''smiðr'' (smith). These became the ancestors of free farmers, craftsmen and herdsmen. Traveling further, Rígr came to a mansion inhabited by Faðir (Father) and Móðir (Mother). They gave him excellent food served splendidly and, nine months later, Móðir gave birth to a beautiful baby named Jarl (earl or noble), whose hair was blond and who was ''bleikr'' (bright white in color). When Jarl grew up and began to handle weapons and to use hawks, hounds, and horses, Rígr reappeared, claimed him as his son, gave him his own name of Rígr, made him his heir, taught him runes, and advised him to seek lordship. Through warfare Jarl became lord of eighteen homesteads with much wealth besides. He also gained the hand of Erna (Brisk), daughter of Hersir (lord). Erna bore twelve sons to Ríg-Jarl but no daughters. All the sons were given high-sounding names, mostly meaning "son". They became the ancestors of the warrior nobility. The youngest son, named Konr, was the best of them. He alone learned rune-craft as well as other magic and was able to understand the speech of birds, to quench fire, and to heal minds. He also had the strength of eight normal men. His name was Kon the young (''Konr ungr'' in Old Norse), the name and title to be understood as the origin of the Norse word ''konungr'' (king) (although this is a false etymology). Konr, like his father, also acquired the name or title of Rígr. One day, when Konr the young was riding through the forest hunting and snaring birds, a crow spoke to him and suggested he would win more if he stopped hunting mere birds and rode to battle against foemen, that he should seek the halls of Dan and Danp, who were wealthier than he. At that point the poem abruptly cuts off. 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「Rígsþula」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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