• Hymiskviða (Old Norse: 'The lay of Hymir'; anglicized as Hymiskvitha, Hymiskvidha or Hymiskvida) is a poem collected in the Poetic Edda. The poem was...
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    god Thor for Ægir, who wants to hold a feast for the Æsir (gods). In Hymiskviða, Hymir is portrayed as the father of Týr, but in Skáldskaparmál, Odin...
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    Jörmungandr are the Prose Edda, the skaldic poem Húsdrápa, and the Eddic poems Hymiskviða and Völuspá. Other sources include the early skaldic poem Ragnarsdrápa...
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    is mentioned—Hymiskviða, Sigrdrífumál, and Lokasenna—only the incomplete poem, Hymiskviða, features him in a prominent role. In Hymiskviða, Týr says that...
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  • In Norse mythology, Egil is the name of a farmer in the poem Hymiskvida who looked after Thor's goats while the god was visiting the giant Hymir. Rydberg...
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    the Poetic Edda, Ægir receives mention in the eddic poems Grímnismál, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna, and in the prose section of Helgakviða Hundingsbana I. In...
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  • "famed") is a female jötunn in Norse mythology, mentioned in the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, in which Thor is referred to as "Hróðr's adversary." But the context...
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  • from Thor is attested by the kennings "Móði's father" (faðir Móða, in Hymiskviða, 34) and "Magni's father" (faðir Magna, in Þórsdrápa and Hárbarðsljóð...
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  • Ásgardhr. Asgard is named twice in Eddic poetry. The first case is in Hymiskviða, when Thor and Týr journey from Asgard to Hymir's hall to obtain a cauldron...
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  • weather-god"; presumably related to Einriði and possibly to a cult-word hlóa Hymiskviða (4, 16, 27, 29, 37), Lokasenna (54), Þrymskviða (7, 8, 14, 31), Lokrur...
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    discussion regarding Hymiskviða and Gylfaginning below). In the Poetic Edda, Mjölnir is mentioned in the eddic poems Vafþrúðnismál, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna, and...
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    can be reconstructed as *Þunarr and/or *Þunurr (evidenced by the poems Hymiskviða and Þórsdrápa, and modern Elfdalian tųosdag 'Thursday'), through the common...
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  • or Vé, however this is equivocal. The father of Týr is ambiguous. In Hymiskviða, Týr is called the son of the jötunn Hymir, while Snorri Sturluson in...
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    idea was taken up by Jarich Oosten, who posits "similarities" with the Hymiskviða. In this Old Norse poem, beer is prepared for the gods by the Jotunn sea...
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    notably shown with two legs and two wings. The fishing trip described in Hymiskviða in which Thor catches Jörmungandr has been linked to a number of stones...
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  • of the Altuna Runestone, however, illustrates a legend recorded in the Hymiskviða of the Poetic Edda, in which the Norse god Thor fishes for Jörmungandr...
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  • Bragi Boddason made into a god. But Týr, according to the Eddic poem Hymiskviða, was son of the giant Hymir rather than a son of Odin. As to Höðr, outside...
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    Grímnir) Skírnismál (Sayings of Skírnir) Hárbarðsljóð (Lay of Hárbarðr) Hymiskviða (Hymir's poem) Lokasenna (Loki's quarrel) Þrymskviða (Thrym's poem) Völundarkviða...
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    mentioned in two kennings found in poems collected in the Poetic Edda; Hymiskviða (where Thor is referred to as the "Husband of Sif" thrice), and Þrymskviða...
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    Hárbarðsljóð (The Poem of Hárbard, The Lay of Hárbard, Hárbard's Song) Hymiskviða (The Lay of Hymir, Hymir's Poem) Lokasenna (Loki's Wrangling, The Flyting...
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    Fum, and Phooey, five mice who orbited the Moon in 1972 on Apollo 17 Hymiskviða The BFG Round About Our Coal Fire, or Christmas Entertainments. J. Roberts...
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  • spear Nafnaþulur Hroðr "Famed" None attested Consort: Hymir Son; Tyr Hymiskviða Hroðingr unrest, storm, slime, fame Hrökkvir Nafnaþulur Hrönn "Wave" None...
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    Edda, though they are not referred to by name. In the Poetic Edda poem Hymiskviða, Thor secures the goats, described as having "splendid horns", with a...
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    Orchard tr. 2011, pp. 59–66, 76–82, För Skírnis: Skírnir's journey, Hymiskvida: The song of Hymir. Motz 1982, pp. 70–84. Simek 2008, p. 107. Jakobsson...
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    the Æsir, when he had received the great kettle of which was told" (see Hymiskviða). Thor did not attend, but his wife Sif came in his stead as did Bragi...
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    the Beanstalk 2018 – Paganism Explained, Part III: The Cult of Mithra & Hymiskviða 2018 – Paganism Explained, Part IV: Valhöll & Odinn in Yggdrasill 2019 –...
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    contain the following poems, all mythological. Grímnismál (complete) Hymiskviða (complete) Baldrs draumar (complete) Skírnismál (partial) Hárbarðsljóð...
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    buildings. The image on the stone illustrates a legend recorded in the Hymiskviða of the Poetic Edda, in which the Norse god Thor fishes for Jörmungandr...
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    knowledge of two stories represented in Codex Regius, one mythological (Hymiskviða) and one heroic (Hamðismál). It therefore seems likely that, even if these...
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    (Stockholm 1941). *Sørensen, Preben M. (2002). "Þorr's Fishing Expedition (Hymiskviða)". In Acker, Paul; Larrington, Carolyne (eds.). The Poetic Edda: Essays...
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