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Býleistr (Old Norse: [ˈbyːlˌɛistz̠]; also Byleist) is the brother of Loki in Norse mythology. [1] Name. The meaning of the Old Norse name Býleistr is uncertain ...
These are family trees of the Norse gods showing kin relations among gods and other beings in Nordic mythology. Each family tree gives an example of relations according to principally Eddic material however precise links vary between sources. In addition, some beings are identified by some sources and scholars.
Loki with a fishing net (per Reginsmál) as depicted on an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript (SÁM 66). Loki is a god in Norse mythology.He is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr.
Þjálfi and Röskva turn away in fear as Thor and Loki face the immense jötunn Skrymir in an illustration (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.. In Norse mythology, Þjálfi (Old Norse: [ˈθjɑːlve]) and Röskva (O.N.: Rǫskva), also known as Thjalfi and Roskva, [1] are two siblings, a boy and a girl, respectively, who are servants of the god Thor.
In Norse mythology, Narfi (Old Norse: ) is a son of Loki, referred to in a number of sources.According to the Gylfaginning section of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, he was also called Nari and was killed by his brother Váli, who was transformed into a wolf; in a prose passage at the end of the Eddic poem "Lokasenna", Narfi became a wolf and his brother Nari was killed.
Helblindi (Old Norse: [ˈhelˌblinde], 'Helblind') is a jötunn in Norse mythology. According to 13th-century poet Snorri Sturluson , he is the brother of Loki and Býleistr . [ 1 ]
Laufey or Nál is a figure in Norse mythology and the mother of Loki.The latter is frequently mentioned by the matronymic Loki Laufeyjarson (Old Norse 'Loki Laufey's son') in the Poetic Edda, rather than the expected traditional patronymic Loki Fárbautason ('son of Fárbauti'), in a mythology where kinship is usually reckoned through male ancestry.
"The third gift—an enormous hammer" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.. In Norse mythology, the Sons of Ivaldi (Norse: Ívaldasynir) are a group of dwarfs who fashion Skíðblaðnir, the flying ship of Freyr, Gungnir, the spear belonging to Odin, as well as the golden hair for Sif to replace the hair that Loki had cut off.