The North mythology and the major gods in North mythology, as generally understood, have imperfect and ironic characteristics. Their weapons and treasures reveal symbolically these characteristics. For example, Odin, the god of wisdom and war, is one ...
The North mythology and the major gods in North mythology, as generally understood, have imperfect and ironic characteristics. Their weapons and treasures reveal symbolically these characteristics. For example, Odin, the god of wisdom and war, is one eye. Odin who sits on the highest spot in Asgard, the world where the gods of North mythology live, is the god of the gods. Odin sacrifices one eye for the best wisdom and becomes one eye for himself. The eyes that represent vision are the body organs that symbolize wisdom and knowledge. That's why Odin is an ironic person, giving up half of his knowledge and the foundation of wisdom to gain wisdom. The weapon that Odin carries is the spear Gungnir, which penetrates everything. There is a magical power in Gungnir, which never breaks any attack. Furthermore, Gungnir hits the target exactly. Gungnir always penetrates the opponent's main point. Therefore, the opponent who is attacked by Odin can never survive. Gungnir is the perfect weapon that never breaks and hits the target accurately. The one-eyed Odin, who can not accurately recognize objects by giving up one eye, and his weapon, which never misses the target, is one of the very few examples of the irony of Norse mythology.
In this context, the objectives of this study are twofold:
- First, through analysis of weapons and treasures in the North mythology, it analyzes the irony of the North mythology and characteristics of important gods. This research is possible because the weapons and treasures that appear in the myths symbolically reveal the main contents of the North mythology and the imperfect images of the gods.
- Second, the study of the relationship between the related props and characters through the semiotic approach and analysis of story props such as weapons and treasures. And the study of the irony which is an important feature of the North mythology and what function it plays in leading the whole story. Through this, the narrative structure of the North mythology can be analyzed in depth.
In this regard, the main content of this study is to analyze the irony of the characteristics of the North mythology and important gods through semiotic studies on weapons and treasures. It is a semiotic approach to weapons and treasures that play an important role in story development and character setting, but also analyze the core code for understanding the North mythology in 'irony'.
As a method of study, it used by comparative studies and semiotics with adjacent disciplines related to mythology. It analyzes the concept of 'irony' and how this concept appears in the North mythology through a comparative study with adjacent disciplines related to mythology such as literature, philosophy, and rhetoric. Through semiotic research methods, weapons and treasures appearing in the North mythology are set as symbols and analyzed with semiotics. This method of study sets weapons and treasures as a symbol and reveals the secondary meaning of arms and treasures as symbols. It analyzes how such a meaning is located in a relationship with irony, an important feature of the North mythology.