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Name Name meaning Alternative names Attested relatives Attestations Dettiklessa: Vilhjalms saga sjóðs: Dofri: Daughter: Flaumgerðr Foster son: Bárðr: Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss, Hálfdanar þáttr svarta ok Haralds hárfagra, Nafnaþulur: Drauttur: Vilhjalms saga sjóðs: Dröfn "Comber" or "foaming sea" Bára: Parents: Ægir, Rán
An illustration of Lífþrasir and Líf (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. In Norse mythology, Líf (identical with the Old Norse noun meaning "life, the life of the body") [1] and Lífþrasir (Old Norse masculine name from líf and þrasir and defined by Lexicon Poëticum as "Livæ amator, vitæ amans, vitæ cupidus" "Líf's lover, lover of life, zest for life"), [2] sometimes anglicized as Lif and ...
179. Nanna — "Brave" or "daring,” also a goddess in Norse mythology. 180. Oda — "Wealth" or "fortune." Related: 200 Bold and Beautiful Dragon Names for These Fantastical Mythical Creatures. 181.
Literally feller of the life webs (fjörnets) of the gods of the flight-edges, i.e. slayer of giants, life webs (fjörnets) is a kenning in its own right since it refers directly to the operations of the Norns in severing lives, flight-edges (flugstalla) being the high and dangerous places inhabited by eagles and hawks, i.e. the icy mountains ...
500 Greek, Roman, Norse and Irish mythology baby names for boys and girls. ... 500 mythology names to give your baby a powerful start in life. Genevieve Brown. June 24, 2024 at 7:50 PM.
Latinized form of what Old Norse Njörðr would have looked like around 1 CE. [42] None attested: None attested: Germania: Njörun (Old Norse) Possibly related to the Norse god Njörðr and the Roman goddess Nerio [43] [44] None attested: None attested: Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, skaldic poetry Norns (Old Norse) (Urðr, Verðandi, Skuld) Unknown ...
Adils; Alaric and Eric; Arngrim; Ask and Embla; Aun; Berserkers; Bödvar Bjarki; Dag the Wise; Domalde; Domar; Dyggve; Egil One-Hand; Fafnir; Fjölnir; Gudrun; Harald ...
Odin the Wanderer (the meaning of his name Gangleri); illustration by Georg von Rosen, 1886. Odin (Old Norse Óðinn) is a widely attested god in Germanic mythology. The god is referred to by numerous names and kenningar, particularly in the Old Norse record.