Talk:Hnoss

Wiki Education assignment: HUM 202 - Introduction to Mythology

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 15 August 2022 and 9 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Little Tears (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Dogmom2005.

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Good day, My name is Heather and I have spent the past month researching Hnoss for my college mythology class. I've learned more about the name Hnoss and would like to expand the wiki page's "name" section. I wanted to get opinions as I'm new to this before making any modifications. Any comments or suggestions you may have are welcome. Please let me know if I made a mistake as well. Thank you! (I wanted to avoid posting too much information here at once, but I will also be posting other information that will also need your comments).

Proposed changes/additions to 'name' section: The Old Norse term Hnoss has been translated in a variety of ways by scholars and folklorists. The Goddess Myths of the Great Mother claims that Hnoss' name was drawn from the word "Gem," in which she is described as sparkling like a diamond. Given Hnoss is the daughter of the most beautiful goddess Freya, it should come as no surprise that jewels bear her name.

The Roles of the Northern Goddess similarly claims that Hnoss' name derives from a great beauty whose name may be "used for treasure in poetry" or simply "treasure." This translation shares semantic and etymological similarities with the Icelandic word hnoss (meaning "nipper") as well as the Old Danish words noss (meaning "sweetheart") and nusse (meaning "infant"). In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson states that beautiful things were called hnossir (Old Norse: 'treasures') after her name.

Despite the various interpretations, The Concept of The Goddess, states that Hnoss "bears her mother's eyelash-rain," which translates to "there is gold on the precious object."

Little Tears (talk) 01:11, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

I've included a link to my sandbox draft in addition to requesting feedback on "Little Hnoss".

Little Hnoss

Hnoss was exploited as a child as a pawn to get her father Odur back. According to The Children of Odin, The Book of Northern Myths, people predicted that Hnoss would reunite her mother Freya and father Odur. As a child, Hnoss would go to Bifröst, the Rainbow Bridge, to meet Odur if he was traveling in that direction. During her time at the Rainbow Bridge, Hnoss was entertained with stories by Heimdall. Heimdall, who watched the Rainbow Bridge, revealed to Hnoss that he possessed night vision and never slept. Heimdall claimed to have existed since the beginning of time and told Hnoss tales about the creation of various things. While Odur remained absent, Hnoss was taken to Baldur's Stead to comfort her in her sorrow. Baldur's Stead was believed to be a place where healing occurred. In order to assist Hnoss cope with her sorrow of her absent father, Baldur's wife Nanna cradled her. With Nanna by her side, Hnoss shared a strange dream she had about Queen Hela, a queen who was a half-living woman and half-corpse. In Hnoss' dream, Hela entered Asgard and declared "A lord of the Æsir I must have to dwell with me in my realm beneath the earth." Hnoss was paralyzed by fear after experiencing this dream. When Hnoss revealed her dream, everyone became silent. At that moment, Hnoss' presence in this story came to an end.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Little%20Tears/Hnoss?veaction=edit&preload=Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template Little Tears (talk) 21:23, 20 November 2022 (UTC)