Haymon
Ringkasan
Haymon adalah raksasa legenda dari Tirol, pendiri Biara Wilten di Innsbruck, yang menurut cerita membunuh seekor naga dan raksasa Thyrsus.
Haymon is a legendary giant from Tyrol, founder of Wilten Abbey in Innsbruck, who in the tales slew a dragon and the giant Thyrsus.
Kisah dan tradisi
Haymon adalah tokoh mitis berwujud raksasa dari Tirol. Menurut legenda ia pendiri Biara Wilten di selatan Innsbruck dan penguasa Tirol, hidup antara 600 dan 900 tahun, dan wafat pada tahun 878 di Wilten; makamnya di dekat altar gereja biara Wilten sudah disebut pada abad ke-13. Ia mungkin seorang bangsawan Bayern bernama Haimo. Beberapa tradisi melebur dalam legenda Haymon. Pada abad ke-15 muncul kisah naga penjaga emas di ngarai Sill yang dibunuh Haymon; lidah naga itu, sebenarnya tonjolan tanduk ikan todak berbingkai emas, masih dipamerkan di Museum Negara Tirol Ferdinandeum. Sekitar abad ke-16 muncul kisah pertarungan Haymon melawan raksasa Thyrsus dari daerah Zirl dan Seefeld, yang darahnya konon menjadi minyak batu obat Tirol. Karena menyesal, Haymon memeluk agama Kristen, dibaptis oleh Uskup Chur, mendirikan Biara Wilten, menyerahkannya kepada para biarawan Benediktin dari Tegernsee, dan menjadi bruder hingga wafat. Pada abad ke-17 tafsiran ilmiah menganggap Thyrsus melambangkan orang Retoroman dan Haymon orang Bayern yang datang menghuni lembah Inn. Patung seukuran manusia kedua raksasa itu berdiri di pintu masuk gereja Wilten.
Haymon is a mythical figure from Tyrol in the form of a giant. Legend makes him the founder of Wilten Abbey south of Innsbruck and ruler of Tyrol, living between 600 and 900 years and dying in 878 at Wilten; his grave by the altar of the Wilten collegiate church is already mentioned in the 13th century. He may have been a Bavarian nobleman named Haimo. Several traditions merged in the Haymon legend. In the 15th century arose the tale of the gold-guarding dragon of the Sill gorge, slain by Haymon; its tongue, actually the horn extension of a swordfish set in gold, is still shown in the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum. Around the 16th century came the story of Haymon fighting the giant Thyrsus of the Zirl and Seefeld area, whose blood was said to become the healing Tyrolean shale oil. Out of remorse, Haymon took up the Christian faith, was baptised by the Bishop of Chur, founded Wilten Abbey, handed it to Benedictine monks from Tegernsee and became a lay brother until his death. Seventeenth-century scholarly interpretation saw Thyrsus as standing for the Romansh people and Haymon for the Bavarians who settled the Inn valley. Life-size figures of both giants stand at the entrance to the Wilten church.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Jerman
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Giant
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"Lidah naga" yang konon direnggut Haymon, sebenarnya tonjolan tanduk ikan todak berbingkai emas, masih dipamerkan di museum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck.
The 'dragon's tongue' Haymon supposedly tore out, actually a swordfish's horn extension set in gold, is still on display at the Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck.