Heimdallr and the Gjallarhorn

Heimdallr and the Gjallarhorn

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Gjallarhorn (non.) Heimdallr's horn that he will blow at the beginning of the Battle of Ragnarökr.

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.

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horn (non.)

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Prose Edda (is.) Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse mythology and poetics.
SÁM 66 4to (is.) SAM 66 4to (en.) SAM 66 4to is also known as Melsted Edda.

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.