Þrúðgelmir
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Þrúðgelmir (anglicized Thrudgelmir or Thrúdgelmir) is a giant in Norse mythology. His name means "Strength-yeller". He is the son of the primordial giant Aurgelmir (who Snorri Sturluson in the Gylfaginning identifies with Ymir), and the father of Bergelmir.
Þrúðgelmir appears in the eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál . When Odin asks who of the Æsir or of the giants are the oldest, Vafþrúðnir answers:
- Uncountable winters before the earth was made,
- then Bergelmir was born,
- Thrudgelmir was his father,
- and Aurgelmir is grandfather
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- —Vafþrúðnismál (29), Larrington's translation
For Rudolf Simek, Þrúðgelmir is identical to the six-headed son that was begotten by Aurgelmir's feet (Vafþrúðnismál, 33)[1]. But the fact that (apart from the þulur) he is mentioned in only one source led John Lindow to suggest that he might have been invented by the poet[2].
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[edit] References
- The Poetic Edda. Trans. with an introd. and notes by Carolyne Larrington. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0192839462.
- Lindow, John. Norse mythology : a guide to the gods, heroes, rituals, and beliefs. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0195153820.
- Simek, Rudolf. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Translated by Angela Hall. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1996. ISBN 0-85991-513-1.
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