- Ægir (anglicised as Aegir; Old
Norse 'sea'), Hlér (Old
Norse 'sea'), or
Gymir (Old
Norse less
clearly 'sea, engulfer'), is a jötunn and a personification...
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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...
- 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...
- 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)...
- Jötunheimr, and
eventually arrives at the hall of the
giant Gymir. Gerðr, the
daughter of
Gymir,
greets him; Skírnir
immediately sets
about trying to set...
- Fárbauti Fjölvar
Gangr Geirröd
Gillingr Gjálp and
Greip Gríðr Gunnlöð
Gyllir Gymir Harðgreipr
Helblindi Hljod Hræsvelgr
Hraudung Hrímgerðr Hrímgrímnir Hrímnir...
- 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)...
- Lear of Shakespeare, as well as
eponymous to
Lejre and Læsø), as well as
Gymir the
husband of Aurboda,
whose daughter becomes the
famous Åsynje Gerðr....
- Sturtevant,
Albert Morey (1956). "Three Old
Norse Words: Gamban, Ratatoskr, and
Gymir" as
collected in Sturtevant,
Albert Morey (Editor) (1956). Scandinavian...
