Rudolf Simek (born 21 February 1954) is an Austrian philologist and religious studies scholar who is Professor and Chair of Ancient German and Nordic Studies...

pp. 19–34. Simek, Rudolf (1993). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Cambridge [England]: D.S. Brewer. ISBN 9780859915137. Simek, Rudolf (2007). Dictionary...

she fears; he will catch her [at the end of the world]." According to Rudolf Simek, it is possible that Sköll is another name for Fenrir, and, if so, "there...

associated with the god Odin. Scholars such as Hilda Ellis Davidson and Rudolf Simek propose that the names of the valkyries themselves contain no individuality...

name Ratatoskr as meaning "drill-tooth" (Jesse Byock, Andy Orchard, Rudolf Simek) or "bore-tooth" (John Lindow). In the Poetic Edda poem Grímnismál, the...

Nafnaþulur valkyrie lists. No further information is provided about her. Rudolf Simek says that her name, Mist, is likely related to Old Norse mistr, meaning...

names of Germanic deities. According to University of Bonn philologist Rudolf Simek, this occurred around the 1st century AD, when both cultures came into...

produced a son, Auðr. No additional information is provided about Naglfari. Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for...

family, the altered appearance of shape-shifters. Both Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja and the fylgja. Luck...

mentioned in Gylfaginning, Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented the lake. Orchard (1997:6). Faulkes (1995:28). Simek (2007:14). Faulkes, Anthony...