article: Skírnismál Skírnismál English translation by Benjamin Thorpe at We Vikings. Skirnismol Henry A. Bellows' translation and commentary Skírnismál Bellows'...

The courtship of Freyr and Gerðr is dealt with extensively in the poem Skírnismál. Freyr is depressed after seeing Gerðr. Njörðr and Skaði ask Skírnir to...

in two poems in the Poetic Edda. It only appears in Hárbarðsljóð and Skírnismál. In Hárbarðsljóð stanza 20, Hárbarðr says: A giant hard       was Hlébard...

servant Skírnir in the wooing of Gerðr, which is described in the poem Skírnismál. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Draupnir. Orchard (1997:34). Orchard...

vassal. He appears in both the Poetic and Prose Eddas. In the Eddic poem Skírnismál, Skírnir is sent as a messenger to Jötunheimr to conduct lovesick Freyr's...

onset of Ragnarök, they are mentioned as follows: In the prose prologue Skírnismál, while sitting on Hliðskjálf, Freyr sees Gerðr, the daughter of Gymir...

statement, Odin set out to visit Geirröðr in order to settle the matter. In Skírnismál, Freyr sneaks into Hliðskjálf when he looks into Jötunheimr and sees the...

1992. Ögmundar þáttr dytts. Sundqvist 2013, pp. 11–35. Skírnismál (ON). Bellows 2004, Skírnismál. Orchard 2011, För Skírnis. Bellows 2004, Lokasenna. Atriða...

i Skírnismál, Ynglingatal, Háleygjatal og Hyndluljóð [The sacred wedding and Norse royal ideology. An analysis of the hierogamy myth in Skírnismál, Ynglingatal...

period, Thor appears (or is mentioned) in the poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Skírnismál, Hárbarðsljóð, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Alvíssmál, and Hyndluljóð...

Prose Edda, and in two books in Heimskringla. In the Poetic Edda poem Skírnismál, the god Freyr sat on the high seat Hlidskjalf and looked into all worlds...

conjure up the dead and speak to them. There are other references in Skírnismál, where Skirnir uses galdrar to force Gerðr to marry Freyr as exemplified...

Grímnismál (The Ballad of Grímnir, The Lay of Grímnir, Grímnir's Sayings) Skírnismál (The Ballad of Skírnir, The Lay of Skírnir, Skírnir's Journey) Hárbarðsljóð...

as the "son" of Njörðr and the goddess Skaði in the Poetic Edda poem Skírnismál. In his first-century work Germania, Tacitus describes rituals surrounding...

sun-chariot of the sun goddess Sól (for example, Alfröðull is said to shine in Skírnismál, verse 4) and to the rider (Sól herself). Álfröðull is pulled by two horses...

messenger for the major Vanir god Freyr in stanzas 19 and 20 of Skírnismál. In Skírnismál, Gerðr mentions her brother's slayer in stanza 16, which Davidson...

group, are specifically referenced in the poems Völuspá, Vafþrúðnismál, Skírnismál, Þrymskviða, Alvíssmál, and Sigrdrífumál. In Völuspá, a stanza describes...

Vafþrúðnismál (Vafþrúðnir's sayings) Grímnismál (Sayings of Grímnir) Skírnismál (Sayings of Skírnir) Hárbarðsljóð (Lay of Hárbarðr) Hymiskviða (Hymir's...

Poetic Edda, with which Tolkien was familiar; the protagonist in the Skírnismál notes that his quest will involve misty mountains, orcs, and giants. The...

swell. — Skáldskaparmál, 25, 60–61, transl. A. Faulkes, 1987. In both Skírnismál (The Lay of Skírnir) and Gylfaginning (The Beguiling of Gylfi), Gymir...

translation that it is a simple coincidence is equally possible. In the poem Skírnismál, the sword is given to Skírnir and used to threaten Gerðr, but not explicitly...

acting as messenger for the major Vanir god Freyr in stanzas 19 and 20 of Skírnismál. Davidson also notes a further connection between fertility and apples...

the mountains, darkness and "flickering flame" crossed by Skírnir in Skírnismál. In Eddic sources, jötnar present a constant threat to gods and humans...

messenger for the major Vanir god Freyr in stanzas 19 and 20 of the poem Skírnismál. Davidson also notes a further connection between fertility and apples...

Skírnismál, one of the poems in the Poetic Edda....

Name (anglicized) Name meaning Attestations Ásabragr Asabrag "Æsir-lord" Skírnismál (33), Nafnaþulur Ása-Þórr Asa-Thor "Æsir-Thor" Repeatedly in the Prose...

alliterations, and no cæsura. This example is from Freyr's lament in Skírnismál: Because of its structure, which comprises clearly defined rhythmic stanzas...

beautiful gýgr with whom Freyr fell in love at first sight, as told in Skírnismál. After marrying him, she became the mother of the mythic Swedish king...

chariot of the sun goddess Sól and to the rider (the sun herself). N Skírnismál, Vafþrúðnismál sword blood-worm N sword icicle of blood N sword wound-hoe...

Parents: Gymir, Aurboða Sister: Gerðr Gylfaginning, Háleygjatal, Haustlöng, Skírnismál, Völuspá Bergelmir "Mountain Yeller" or "Bear Yeller" None attested Father:...