article: Skírnismál Skírnismál English translation by Benjamin Thorpe at We Vikings. Skirnismol Henry A. Bellows' translation and commentary Skírnismál Bellows'...
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Gambanteinn (section Skírnismál)
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...
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Freyr (section Skírnismál)
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...
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onset of Ragnarök, they are mentioned as follows: In the prose prologue Skírnismál, while sitting on Hliðskjálf, Freyr sees Gerðr, the daughter of Gymir...
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servant Skírnir in the wooing of Gerðr, which is described in the poem Skírnismál. The ring appears in the 2022 video game God of War Ragnarök, where it...
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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...
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1992. Ögmundar þáttr dytts. Sundqvist 2013, pp. 11–35. Skírnismál (ON). Bellows 2004, Skírnismál. Orchard 2011, För Skírnis. Bellows 2004, Lokasenna. Atriða...
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i Skírnismál, Ynglingatal, Háleygjatal og Hyndluljóð [The sacred wedding and Norse royal ideology. An analysis of the hierogamy myth in Skírnismál, Ynglingatal...
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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...
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period, Thor appears (or is mentioned) in the poems Völuspá, Grímnismál, Skírnismál, Hárbarðsljóð, Hymiskviða, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Alvíssmál, and Hyndluljóð...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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group, are specifically referenced in the poems Völuspá, Vafþrúðnismál, Skírnismál, Þrymskviða, Alvíssmál, and Sigrdrífumál. In Völuspá, a stanza describes...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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swell. — Skáldskaparmál, 25, 60–61, transl. A. Faulkes, 1987. In both Skírnismál (The Lay of Skírnir) and Gylfaginning (The Beguiling of Gylfi), Gymir...
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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...
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Vafþrúðnismál (Vafþrúðnir's sayings) Grímnismál (Sayings of Grímnir) Skírnismál (Sayings of Skírnir) Hárbarðsljóð (Lay of Hárbarðr) Hymiskviða (Hymir's...
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Poetic Edda, with which Tolkien was familiar; the protagonist in the Skírnismál notes that his quest will involve misty mountains, orcs, and giants. The...
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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...
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Name (anglicized) Name meaning Attestations Ásabragr Asabrag "Æsir-lord" Skírnismál (33), Nafnaþulur Ása-Þórr Asa-Thor "Æsir-Thor" Repeatedly in the Prose...
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the mountains, darkness and "flickering flame" crossed by Skírnir in Skírnismál. In Eddic sources, jötnar present a constant threat to gods and humans...
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Skírnismál, one of the poems in the Poetic Edda....
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fits the character type of the outer guardian, often a herdsman as in Skírnismál (11–16) with whom someone contends before entering a place for the main...
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where Freyr and Gerðr are to consummate their union, as stated in the Skírnismál: Barri the grove is named, which we both know, the grove of tranquil paths...
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rune-staves of Bergen. It is noted for its similarities to the Eddaic poem Skírnismál (particularly stanza 36); as a rare example of a poetic rune-stave inscription;...
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Parents: Gymir, Aurboða Sister: Gerðr Gylfaginning, Háleygjatal, Haustlöng, Skírnismál, Völuspá Bergelmir "Mountain Yeller" or "Bear Yeller" None attested Father:...
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