Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar
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Rudolf Simek
Photographed in October 2012
Born
(1954-02-21) 21 February 1954 (age 70)
Eisenstadt, Austria
Nationality
Austrian
Academic background
Alma mater
University of Vienna
Academic advisors
Otto Gschwantler
Helmut Birkhan
Academic work
Discipline
Germanic studies
Institutions
University of Bonn
Main interests
Germanic religion and mythology
Medieval science and popular religion
Old Norse literature
Old Norse religion and mythology
Vikings and the Viking Age
Notable works
Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
Rudolf Simek (born 21 February 1954) is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies at the University of Bonn. Simek specializes in Germanic studies, and is the author of several notable works on Germanic religion and mythology (including Old Norse religion and mythology), Germanic peoples, Vikings, Old Norse literature, and the culture of Medieval Europe.
RudolfSimek (born 21 February 1954) is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies...
pp. 19–34. Simek, Rudolf (1993). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Cambridge [England]: D.S. Brewer. ISBN 9780859915137. Simek, Rudolf (2007). Dictionary...
associated with the god Odin. Scholars such as Hilda Ellis Davidson and RudolfSimek propose that the names of the valkyries themselves contain no individuality...
name Ratatoskr as meaning "drill-tooth" (Jesse Byock, Andy Orchard, RudolfSimek) or "bore-tooth" (John Lindow). In the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, the...
produced a son, Auðr. No additional information is provided about Naglfari. RudolfSimek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for...
family, the altered appearance of shape-shifters. Both Andy Orchard and RudolfSimek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja and the fylgja. Luck...
names of Germanic deities. According to University of Bonn philologist RudolfSimek, this occurred around the 1st century AD, when both cultures came into...
smaller numbers, England and areas south of Denmark. Austrian Germanist RudolfSimek states that these bracteates may depict Odin and his ravens healing a...
attested in the longer of the two Nafnaþulur lists found in the Prose Edda. RudolfSimek says the name is etymologically related to the Old Norse herja and Old...
"in-law-relationship", scholar Andy Orchard provides "relation", and scholar RudolfSimek gives "relation by marriage". In stanza 48 of the Poetic Edda poem Hárbarðsljóð...
picture stones with Odin and on burial gifts in the Oseberg ship burial, RudolfSimek says that the symbol may have been associated with religious practices...
Miroslav Šimek (1959), a Czech slalom canoer Péter Simek (1980), a Hungarian football (soccer) player Radim Šimek, Czech ice hockey player RudolfSimek (1954)...
Germanic paganism List of horses in mythology and folklore Simek (2007:122). Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology...
then the name may be a kenning for the Moon, as RudolfSimek theorizes. Hyperion (Titan) World Mill Simek (2007:222). Lindow (2001:233). Lindow, John (2001)...
the first to be conquered. According to John Lindow, Andy Orchard, and RudolfSimek, connections are commonly drawn between the Harii and the einherjar of...
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Simek, Rudolf (1988). Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie. Stuttgart: Alfred Kröner. Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela...
another name for Mimir, and that the two survivors hide in Yggdrasill." RudolfSimek theorizes that the survival of Líf and Lífþrasir through Ragnarök by...
adjectival form means 'bright, clear', is semantically related. Scholar RudolfSimek comments that although Gullveig's name changes to Heiðr, the meaning...
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