Skáldskaparmál (Old Norse: 'Poetic Diction' or 'The Language of Poetry'; Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈskaldskaparˌmɒːl]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈskaultˌskaːparˌmauːl̥])...

aspects of Norse mythology (consisting of approximately 20,000 words), Skáldskaparmál, which continues this format before providing lists of kennings and...

here they are called Scylfings (see the Beowulf section below). In his Skáldskaparmál the 13th-century Icelandic writer Snorri Sturluson hints at a less divine...

Sturluson 2018, Skáldskaparmál, chapter 2. The giant Þjazi carried off Iðunn, chapter 3. Loki secured Iðunn and the slaying of Þjazi. Skáldskaparmál (ON), 2....

Gylfaginning (chapters 15, 16, and the beginning of chapter 17), and twice in Skáldskaparmál. In chapter 15 of Gylfaginning, a book of the Prose Edda, the throned...

translation Skáldskaparmál opens with a narrative wherein twelve gods sit upon thrones at a banquet, including Týr. Later in Skáldskaparmál, the skald...

Kára. Valhalla is referenced in the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál. Valhalla is first mentioned in chapter 2 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning...

53). Snorri Sturluson confirms it (Gylfaginning, 53, Skáldskaparmál, 4). According to Skáldskaparmál (17) Magni is the son of Thor and the Jötunn Járnsaxa...

Mjölnir receives mention throughout the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál. Early in Gylfaginning, High describes the god Thor and his "three special...

In the Prose Edda, Fenrir is mentioned in three books: Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál and Háttatal. In chapter 13 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, Fenrir...

might not also be sons of Odin. In various kennings recorded in the Skáldskaparmál section of the Prose Edda, Snorri also describes Heimdallr, Bragi, Týr...

('Laufey's son'). This occurs twice more in Gylfaginning and once in Skáldskaparmál. Skaldskaparmal ('The Language of Poetry') mentions Loki as 'son of Fárbauti'...

Njörðr is introduced in Skáldskaparmál within a list of 12 Æsir attending a banquet held for Ægir. Further in Skáldskaparmál, the skaldic god Bragi recounts...

("council-truce") and Reginleif ("power-truce"). The Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál (4) tells that Thor can be referred to by the kenning "father of Þrúðr"...

interpreted as the bridge to Asgard. Asgard is mentioned briefly throughout Skáldskaparmál as the name for the home of the Æsir, as in Gylfaginning. In this section...

Kenningar der Skalden (1921) or some editions of Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál. OE – Old English D – Danish G – Germanic Ic – Old Icelandic N – Norse...

in Skáldskaparmál chapter 21, she is identified with Sif. While Móði's father is named as Thor in Hymiskviða 34, Gylfaginning 52 and Skáldskaparmál 4,...

presumably borrowed from the Prose Edda). The svartálfar mentioned in Skáldskaparmál 35 are the Sons of Ivaldi, whom Loki engages to craft replacement hair...

Haustlöng. Saturn's moon Thiazzi was named after him. According to Skáldskaparmál, the gods Odin, Loki and Hœnir set out one day on a journey, traveling...

(sacrifices) to her: Freyja appears in the Prose Edda books Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál. In chapter 24 of Gylfaginning, the enthroned figure of High says that...

such as in Völuspá (51), Hyndluljóð (40), or Skáldskaparmál (16). In both Gylfaginning (34) and Skáldskaparmál, Snorri Sturluson explicitly states that Byleist...

kennings in both Hversu Noregr byggðist (How Norway Was Settled) and Skáldskaparmál (The Language of Poetry) treat Ægir and the sea-jötunn Hlér, who lives...

in the dark. The story of Gullinbursti's creation is related in the Skáldskaparmál section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. According to Húsdrápa, Freyr...

the poem Grímnismál in support. In chapter 75 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál a list of names for wargs and wolves is provided that includes both...

Heimdallr are mentioned in two books of the Prose Edda; Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál. In Gylfaginning, Heimdallr is introduced in chapter 27, where the enthroned...

bearing envious words between the eagle and Nídhǫggr [the snake]." In the Skáldskaparmál section of the Prose Edda Snorri specifies Níðhǫggr as a serpent in...

"Farm-starver" Skáldskaparmál Býleistr storm rouser, storm lightning Parents: Fárbauti, Laufey Brothers: Helblindi, Loki Gylfaginning, Hyndluljóð, Skáldskaparmál, Völuspá...

are his brothers. — Gylfaginning, 27–34, trans. A. Faulkes, 1987. In Skáldskaparmál ('The Language of Poetry'), Fárbauti is mentioned among kennings referring...

blood into the mead of poetry, which inspired poets. They appear in Skáldskaparmál. Fjalar and Galar murdered a jötunn named Gilling, along with his wife...

relatives Attestations Aí Great-grandfather Óinn Skáldskaparmál, Völuspá Álfr "Elf" Skáldskaparmál, Völuspá Alfrigg "Elfking" Sörla þáttr Alfrikr "Elfking"...