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Few riddles are attested from medieval Scandinavia (by contrast with the numerous Anglo-Saxon riddles in the quite closely connected literature of medieval England), although Norse mythology does attest to a number of other wisdom-contests, usually involving the god Óðinn, and the complex metaphors of the extensive corpus of skaldic verse present an enigmatic aesthetic similar to riddles.
A kenning (Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that character ...
Hermóðr (Old Norse: [ˈhermˌoːðz̠], "war-spirit"; [1] anglicized as Hermod) is a figure in Norse mythology, a son of the god Odin and brother of Baldr.
In Norse mythology, Eir (Old Norse: , "protection, help, mercy" [1]) is a goddess or valkyrie associated with medical skill. Eir is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; and in skaldic poetry, including a runic inscription ...
Hrungnir (Old Norse: [ˈhruŋɡnez̠], 'brawler') is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is described as made of stone and is ultimately killed in a duel with the thunder god Thor. Prior to his demise, Hrungnir engaged in a wager with Odin in which Odin stakes his head on his horse, Sleipnir, being faster than Hrungnir's steed Gullfaxi.
In Norse mythology, Snotra (Old Norse: , "clever") [1] is a goddess associated with wisdom. Snotra is attested in the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson . Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the goddess.
Straightway there came into the hall an old woman, stricken in years. Then Útgarda-Loki said that she should grapple with Ása-Thor . There is no need to make a long matter of it: that struggle went in such wise that the harder Thor strove in gripping, the faster she stood; then the old woman attempted a hold, and then Thor became totty on his ...
Skírnir appears in several works of modern literature inspired by the Eddic poem Skírnismál.This includes a major part of the Danish poet Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger's Nordens Guder (1819) as well as Icelandic poet Gerður Kristný's Blóðhófnir (2010), a feminist retelling of Skírnismál that won the 2010 Icelandic Literary Prize for fiction.