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A depiction of Víðarr stabbing Fenrir while holding his jaws apart by W. G. Collingwood, 1908, inspired by the Gosforth Cross. In Norse mythology, Víðarr (Old Norse: [ˈwiːðɑrː], possibly "wide ruler", [1] sometimes anglicized as Vidar / ˈ v iː d ɑːr /, Vithar, Vidarr, and Vitharr) is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance.
Cuslanus - a god in Cisalpine Gaul associated with Jupiter [3] Deus Latis - a Brittonic god; Deus Ducavavius - a god known from a lone inscription in Cisalpine Gaul [16] Deus Orevaius - a god known from a lone inscription at Cemenelum [16] Dorminus - god of the hot springs at Aquae Statiellae [16] Intarabus - a Gallic god of the Treveri; Esus ...
The Old Norse theonym Baldr ('brave, defiant'; also 'lord, prince') and its various Germanic cognates – including Old English Bældæg and Old High German Balder (or Palter) – probably stems from Proto-Germanic *Balðraz ('Hero, Prince'; cf. Old Norse mann-baldr 'great man', Old English bealdor 'prince, hero'), itself a derivative of *balþaz, meaning 'brave' (cf. Old Norse ballr 'hard ...
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 ...
Skírnir responds that he expects harsh words from their son Freyr. [6] In the prose introduction to the poem Lokasenna, Skaði is referred to as the wife of Njörðr and is cited as one of the goddesses attending Ægir's feast. [7] After Loki has an exchange with the god Heimdallr, Skaði interjects. Skaði tells Loki that he is "light-hearted ...
According to Snorri Sturluson in the Prose Edda, [7] Forseti is the son of Baldr and Nanna.His is the best of courts; all those who come before him leave reconciled. This suggests skill in mediation and is in contrast to his fellow god Týr, who "is not called a reconciler of men."
The corresponding feminine form in Old Norse is ásynja (pl.: ásynjur), formed by the addition of the -ynja suffix, denoting a female form. [8] A cognate word for "female áss" is not attested outside Old Norse, and a corresponding West Germanic word would have been separately derived with the feminine suffixes -inī or -injō. [9]
Old Norse Yngvi, Old High German Ing/Ingwi [1] and Old English Ing are names that relate to a theonym which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr. Proto-Germanic Ingwaz was the legendary ancestor of the Ingaevones , or more accurately Ingvaeones , and is also the reconstructed name of the Elder Futhark rune ᛜ and Anglo-Saxon ...