the oldest known skald, Bragi Boddason, who lived in the 9th century, and was composed for the Swedish king Björn at Haugi. Bragi describes the images on... 4 KB (399 words) - 01:31, 16 October 2023 |
("vegandi Þrívalda") is a kenning for Thor. Snorri quotes one stanza by Bragi Boddason, who calls Thor "cleaver apart of Þrívaldi's nine heads" ("sundrkljúfr... 1,010 bytes (103 words) - 15:39, 9 March 2023 |
ox as "bow-string-Var's [Skaði's] whale". In chapter 23, the skald Bragi Boddason refers to Þjazi as the "father of the ski-dis". In chapter 32, Skaði... 20 KB (2,702 words) - 23:37, 24 November 2023 |
of his father. The same may not be true for Bragi if Bragi is taken to be the skaldic poet Bragi Boddason made into a god. But Týr, according to the Eddic... 16 KB (1,911 words) - 08:02, 21 March 2024 |