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In Norse mythology, Garmr or Garm (Old Norse: Garmr [ˈɡɑrmz̠]) is a wolf or dog associated with both Hel and Ragnarök, and described as a blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate. Name [ edit ]
The name Geri has been interpreted as meaning either "the greedy one" or "the ravenous one". [1] The name Geri can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *geraz, attested in Burgundian girs, Old Norse gerr, Old Swedish giri, Old High German ger or giri and Old Dutch gir, all of which mean "greedy". [2]
Dearth, Kim D.R. "The Norwegian Elkhound" Dog World September 1999, Vol. 84 Issue 9, p12-17. "Dog of the Vikings" Dog Fancy. April 1998. "Norwegian Elkhound". Dog World. July 1997, Vol. 82 Issue 7. p86. "Regional occurrence, high frequency but low diversity of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup d1 suggests a recent dog-wolf hybridization in Scandinavia".
Viking names carry with them the weight of history. Monikers like Erik, Ingrid or Sigmund bring up vivid images of fierce warriors in longboats. If you've been looking for a strong, powerful name ...
The breed's name, Vallhund, when translated into English, means herding dog, as the Swedish Vallhund was originally bred as a drover and herder of cows over 1,000 years ago. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 1942, the dog came close to extinction, but careful breeding and publicity by Swedish national Björn von Rosen and K. G. Zettersten managed to revive the ...
The Icelandic Sheepdog (Icelandic: Íslenskur fjárhundur, pronounced [ˈistlɛnskʏr ˈfjaurˌhʏntʏr̥]), is an Icelandic breed of dog of Nordic Spitz type.It derives from dogs brought to Iceland by Viking settlers in the ninth century; it is both similar and closely related to the Buhund of Norway and the Vallhund and Norrbotten of Sweden, which derive from the same ancestral stock.
Goddess Hel and the hellhound Garmr by Johannes Gehrts, 1889. A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld.. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best-known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs of English folklore, and the fairy hounds of Celtic mythol
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