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Bragi, holding a harp, sings before his wife Iðunn (1895) by Lorenz Frølich. Bragi by Carl Wahlbom (1810–1858). Loki Taunts Bragi (1908) by W. G. Collingwood. Snorri Sturluson writes in the Gylfaginning after describing Odin, Thor, and Baldr: One is called Bragi: he is renowned for wisdom, and most of all for fluency of speech and skill ...
Bragi is known as "the Old" to distinguish him from a 12th-century skald, Bragi Hallsson. He was a member of a prominent family in southwestern Norway; [1] according to Landnámabók, he married Lopthœna, the daughter of Erpr lútandi, another skald, and among their descendants was the early 11th-century skald Gunnlaugr ormstunga. [2]
In Norse mythology, Skaði (/ ˈ s k ɑː ð i /; Old Norse: ; sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. Skaði is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and in Heimskringla , written in ...
The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record. List. List Name (Old Norse) ... Bragi 'chieftain, lord' [13 ...
Some of the gods heard less of include the apple-bearing goddess Iðunn and her husband, the skaldic god Bragi; the gold-toothed god Heimdallr, born of nine mothers; the ancient god Týr, who lost his right hand while binding the great wolf Fenrir; and the goddess Gefjon, who formed modern-day Zealand, Denmark. [23]
John Lindlow (in Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs, 2001, Oxford: Oxford Univesity Press, p. 339) discusses lack of quality control in material on the web: This listing is part of The Encyclopedia Mythica: An Encyclopedia on Mythology, Folklore, and Legend. Randomly looking at some entries, I found this on Bragi:
The god Bragi asks where a thundering sound is coming from, and says that the benches of Valhalla are creaking—as if the god Baldr had returned to Valhalla—and that it sounds like the movement of a thousand. Óðinn responds that Bragi knows well that the sounds are for Eric Bloodaxe, who will soon arrive in Valhalla. Óðinn tells the ...
Skáldskaparmál (Old Icelandic 'the language of poetry' [14]) is the third section of Edda, and consists of a dialogue between Ægir, a jötunn who is one of various personifications of the sea, and Bragi, a skaldic god, in which both Norse mythology and discourse on the nature of poetry are intertwined.