Hyrrokkin, the Glossary
Hyrrokkin (Old Norse) is a female jötunn in Norse mythology.[1]
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40 relations: Andy Orchard, Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Æsir, Úlfr Uggason, Þorbjörn dísarskáld, Baldr, Berserker, Compound (linguistics), Gylfaginning, Húsdrápa, Hel (location), Hildr, Hringhorni, Hunnestad Monument, Iceland, Jan de Vries (philologist), Jötunheimr, Jötunn, John Lindow, Juno (mythology), Kenning, Mjölnir, Nafnaþulur, Nanna (Norse deity), Norse mythology, Odin, Old Norse, Paganism, Prose Edda, Pyre, Skald, Skáldskaparmál, Snake, Snake-witch stone, Snorri Sturluson, Sweden, Thor, University of Sydney.
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Andy Orchard
Andrew Philip McDowell Orchard, (born 27 February 1964) is a British academic of Old English, Norse and Celtic literature.
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Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed II is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montréal and published by Ubisoft.
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a 2020 Viking fantasy action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.
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Æsir
Æsir (Old Norse; singular: áss) or ēse (Old English; singular: ōs) are gods in Germanic paganism.
Úlfr Uggason
Úlfr Uggason (Modern Icelandic: Úlfur Uggason) was an Icelandic skald who lived in the last part of the tenth century.
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Þorbjörn dísarskáld
Þorbjörn dísarskáld is a late-10th century Icelandic skald (poet).
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Baldr
Baldr (Old Norse also Balder, Baldur) is a god in Germanic mythology.
Berserker
In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers (berserkir) were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning 'furiously violent or out of control').
Compound (linguistics)
In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem.
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Gylfaginning
Gylfaginning (Old Norse: 'The Beguiling of Gylfi' or 'The Deluding of Gylfi'; 13th century Old Norse pronunciation) is the first main part of the 13th century Prose Edda, after the initial Prologue.
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Húsdrápa
Húsdrápa (Old Norse: 'House-Lay') is a skaldic poem partially preserved in the Prose Edda where disjoint stanzas of it are quoted.
Hel (location)
Hel (Old Norse) is an afterlife location in Norse mythology and paganism.
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Hildr
In Norse mythology, Hildr (Old Norse "battle"Orchard (1997:192).) is a valkyrie.
Hringhorni
In Norse mythology, Hringhorni (Old Norse "ship with a circle on the stem"Simek (2007:159).) is the name of the ship of the god Baldr, described as the "greatest of all ships".
Hunnestad Monument
The Hunnestad Monument (Hunnestadsmonumentet), listed as DR 282 through 286 in the Rundata catalog, was once located at Hunnestad at Marsvinsholm north-west of Ystad, Sweden.
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Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Jan de Vries (philologist)
Jan Pieter Marie Laurens de Vries (11 February 1890 – 23 July 1964) was a Dutch philologist, linguist, religious studies scholar, folklorist, educator, writer, editor and public official who specialized in Germanic studies.
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Jötunheimr
The terms Jötunheimr (in Old Norse orthography: Jǫtunheimr; often anglicised as Jotunheim) or Jötunheimar refer to either a land or multiple lands respectively in Nordic mythology inhabited by the jötnar (relatives of the gods, in English sometimes inaccurately called "giants").
Jötunn
A jötunn (also jotun; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn; or, in Old English, eoten, plural eotenas) is a type of being in Germanic mythology.
John Lindow
John Frederick Lindow (born July 23, 1946) is an American philologist who is Professor Emeritus of Old Norse and Folklore at University of California, Berkeley.
Juno (mythology)
Juno (Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.
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Kenning
A kenning (Icelandic) is a figure of speech in the type of circumlocution, a compound that employs figurative language in place of a more concrete single-word noun.
Mjölnir
Mjölnir (from Old Norse Mjǫllnir) is the hammer of the thunder god Thor in Norse mythology, used both as a devastating weapon and as a divine instrument to provide blessings.
Nafnaþulur
Nafnaþulur (Old Norse) is a subsection of the Prose Edda, the last part of the Skáldskaparmál.
Nanna (Norse deity)
In Norse mythology, Nanna Nepsdóttir (Old Norse) or simply Nanna is a goddess associated with the god Baldr.
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Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
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Odin
Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.
Paganism
Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.
Prose Edda
The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda (Snorra Edda) or, historically, simply as Edda, is an Old Norse textbook written in Iceland during the early 13th century.
Pyre
A pyre (πυρά||), also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a funeral rite or execution.
Skald
A skald, or skáld (Old Norse:, later;, meaning "poet") is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry.
Skáldskaparmál
Skáldskaparmál (Old Norse: 'Poetic Diction' or 'The Language of Poetry') is the second part of the Prose Edda, compiled by Snorri Sturluson.
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Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
Snake-witch stone
The Snake-witch (Ormhäxan), Snake-charmer (Ormtjuserskan) or Smiss stone (Smisstenen) is a picture stone found at Smiss, När socken, Gotland, Sweden.
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Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse:;; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Thor
Thor (from Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia.
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See also
Gýgjar
- Þökk
- Angrboða
- Aurboða
- Bestla
- Gerðr
- Gjálp and Greip
- Glöð
- Gríðr
- Gunnlöð
- Harðgreipr
- Hel (mythological being)
- Hljod
- Hrímgerðr
- Hroðr
- Hyrrokkin
- Járnsaxa
- Jörð
- Leikn
- Móðguðr
- Nótt
- Nine Mothers of Heimdallr
- Norns
- Rindr
- Sinmara
- Skaði
- Skuld
- Urðr
- Verðandi
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrrokkin
Also known as Hyrokkin, Hyrrokin.