Gjallarhorn (non.)
Heimdallr's horn that he will blow at the beginning of the Battle of
Ragnarökr.
Mjöllnir (non.)
Mjollnir (en.)
Þórr's hammer that returns to his hand after he throws it.
Rati (non.)
The auger that the giant Bagi uses to drill into the mountain
Hnitbjörg.
Creatures: animals, birds, monsters etc.
Auðhumbla (non.)
Audhumbla (en.)
The primeval cow who licked the primeval being, Búri, free from a
block of ice.
Fenrir (non.)
One of the names for the monstrous wolf who is one of the three
monstrous offspring of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Fenris (non.)
One of the names for the monstrous wolf who is one of the three
monstrous offspring of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Fenrisúlfr (non.)
Fenris Wolf (en.)
One of the names for the monstrous wolf who is one of the three
monstrous offspring of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Hróðvitnir (non.)
Hrodvitnir (en.)
One of the names for the monstrous wolf, Fenrir, who is the progeny of
Loki and the giantess Angrboða.
Huginn (non.)
One of Óðinn´s pair of ravens that he sends out in the morning to
gather news and whisper it into his ear when they come back. Huginn's
name means "thought."
Muninn (non.)
One of Óðinn´s pair of ravens that he sends out in the morning to
gather news and whisper it into his ear when they come back. Muninn's
name means "memory."
Sleipnir (non.)
Óðinn´s eight-legged horse which Loki bore after mating with the Giant
Builder's stallion Svaðilfari.
Gods and Goddesses
Heimdallr (xml.)
The god who guards Asgard and who will blow his horn when the giants
approach to begin the Battle of Ragnarök.
Óðinn (non.)
Odin (en.)
The chief god of the Æsir in The Prose Edda.
However, in Heimskringla he was a mortal who
tricks the King of Sweden into believing that he was a god.
Mythological Places
Valhöll (non.)
Valhalla (en.)
- Óðinn´s hall where men who die in battle are taken to by the
Valkyries.
Prose Edda (is.)
Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse
mythology and poetics.
ÍB 299 4toIB 299 4to
One of several manuscripts that features Jakob Sigurdsson's renderings
of scenes from the Prose Edda along with a
title page that is his own creation.
Source Persons
Jakob
Sigurðsson (is.)
Jakob
Sigurdsson (en.)
b. 1727
d. 1779
Nationality: Icelandic
Jakob was a tenant farmer, poet, scribe, and illustrator, who created
full-page Edda illustrations in hand-copied
paper manuscripts in Iceland in the eighteenth century.
Snorri
Sturluson (is.)
b. 1179
d. 1241
Nationality: Icelandic
Snorri was an Icelandic statesman, scholar, and author who is credited
with writing Heimskringla, The
Prose Edda, and possibly Egil's
Saga.
