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Hyrrokkin Riding a Wolf

Hyrrokkin Riding a Wolf

  • Creator: Louis Moe 1857-1945
  • Description: The giantess Hyrrokkin riding a wolf and using snakes for reins while on her way to Baldr's funeral. This scene is from Louis Moe's Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning.
  • Source: Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning
  • Folio or Page: [16]
  • Medium: pen and ink
  • Date: 1929
  • Dimensions (mm): 140 x 110
  • Provenance:
    Gift of Estate of Richard Beck to Special Collections at the University of Victoria. This illustration from Den Ældre Eddas Gudesange was photographed by P. A. Baer in August 2011.
    Call number: NE962 N67M64
  • Rights:
    This illustration from Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning is in the public domain.
  • Bibliography:

    Primary Sources

    • Moe, Louis Maria Niels Peder Halling. Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning. København, A.F. Høst, 1929. Print.

    Secondary Sources

    • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
    • Simek, Rudolf. Angela Hall . Dictionary of Northern Mythology. W Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2007. Print.
  • Research notes:
    Some of the illustrations in Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning have two digit numbers, along with Louis Moe's name, within the illustration. This one has the number 28, likely indicating the year 1928.
  • Identity Number: RagRokEnBil-1929-UVic-016-01
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Moe, Louis   Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning   Ragnarök, Ragnarok   Prose Edda   Death of Baldr Myth   Hyrrokkin  

Primary Sources

  • Moe, Louis Maria Niels Peder Halling. Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning. København, A.F. Høst, 1929. Print.

Secondary Sources

  • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
  • Simek, Rudolf. Angela Hall . Dictionary of Northern Mythology. W Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2007. Print.
Moe, Louis (no.)
b. 1857
d. 1945
Nationality: Norwegian/Danish.
Occupation: illustrator
Residence: Copenhagen
Moe was an illustrator who was born in Norway but became a Danish citizen in 1919.
Hyrrokkin (non.)
The giantess who was summoned to push Baldr's funeral ship off of the shore because the gods were not strong enough. She arrived riding on a wolf and using snakes for reigns.
Baldr (non.)
Balder (en.)
The god who was killed by his brother Höðr.
Ragnarök (non.)
Ragnarok (en.)
The final great battle between the gods and the giants.
Ragnarok: En Billeddigtning
Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth-century prose work concerning Old Norse mythology and poetics.
Death of Baldr Myth The Death of Baldr is a myth concerning an accidental fratricide, which sometimes includes Loki as an instigator who dupes Baldr's brother, Höðr, into the act and actually guides his hand.