Below is a list of the names of the individual Norse runes and what those names mean in Old Norse. Also given are the sound associated with each rune, and the general significance of the rune. These insights have all been garnered from rune poems documented from Iceland and Norway that pr...
etc”. However, originally it wasn’t just used for firearms. The word possibly comes from the name of a ballista, a type of giant crossbow (see above), that was used at Windsor Castle in England in the 14th century – Domina Gunilda (Lady Gunilda). ...
lvi. [Moe, Introd., xxxii-iii] Leaving the Norse Tales, we see at once that they are the seven-leagued boots of Jack the Giant Killer. In the _Nibelungen Lied_, when Siegfried finds Schilbung and Niblung, the wierd heirs of the famous ‘Hoard’, striving for the possession of ...
inside the cauldron as he carries it on his head, represents the thunderclouds in the sky. Conversely, when inverted, the same kettle represents the sea, evidenced by the fact that the giant Aegir later brews mead in it for the divine feast. The sky is a reflection of the sea. That thi...
As previously stated, Freya’s husband is named Odr (Old Norse: Óðr), a name that looks very similar to Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn), and their names literally mean the same when spelled Óðinn (furor, frenzy, inspiration). ...
Loki – as if it is possible to have a good story without him – is captured by a giant with a Chinese-sounding name,Thiazi. So as to earn his freedom, Loki promises Thiazi that he will steal Aesir’s apples of immortality and that he will bring them to Thiazi. ...
In Norse mythology, many of the gods and goddesses possess or are associated with these items that are key to understanding their motivations in the myths. Weapons were often given names, which for Norsemen, gave life to these items on the battlefield....
He mentions the poem Lokasenna, “The Flyting of Loki,” which is filled with references that have not been fully explained. There were also a wide variety of stories, from the clownish story of Thor dressing up as a giant’s bride, to the tragedy of Baldur’s death. ...
Their names apparently mean “Angry,”“Strength,” and “Strong,” so I drew them as bodybuilders. Gerdr Jötunn? All I know about Gerðr is that Freyr thought she was really, really hot. So hot that he traded a sword that fought on its own for her hand in marriage. ...
62 of Grettis saga, an Ævikviða of a giant is mentioned which is carved by his daughter into a wooden log (Grettis saga 1936, 203). Inscriptions in Old Norse Literature 59assume that the poetical inscription mentioned either corresponds to the quoted text or was expected to be ...