Gymir may refer to: Ægir, a jötunn whose names include Gymir in Norse mythology Gymir (father of Gerðr), a jötunn who may or may not be the same figure...
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Gymir (Old Norse: [ˈɡymez̠]) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is the spouse of Aurboða, and the father of the beautiful jötunn Gerðr, who married the...
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and has his servant Skírnir go to Jötunheimr (where Gerðr and her father Gymir reside) to gain her love. In the Poetic Edda Gerðr initially refuses, yet...
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he begat Freyr and Freyja. The Lokasenna and the Skáldskaparmál identify Gymir with Fornjot’s son Ægir, but Rudolf Simek contests this. (Simek (1993:151)...
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"gravel-offerer") is a jötunn in Norse mythology. She is married to the jötunn Gymir and is the mother of Gerðr. The origin of the name Aurboða is unclear. The...
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he begat Freyr and Freyja. The Lokasenna and the Skáldskaparmál identify Gymir with Fornjot’s son Ægir, but Rudolf Simek contests this. (Simek (1993:151)...
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Alvaldi Þjazi Iði Gangr Gymir Aurboða Sister-wife of Njörðr Njörðr Skaði Beli Gerðr Freyr Freyja Óðr Ynglings Hnoss Gersemi...
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Sturtevant, Albert Morey (1956). "Three Old Norse Words: Gamban, Ratatoskr, and Gymir" as collected in Sturtevant, Albert Morey (Editor) (1956). Scandinavian...
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Skírnismál, while sitting on Hliðskjálf, Freyr sees Gerðr, the daughter of Gymir, in Jötunheimar and falls in love with her. A further prose section then...
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