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Sökmímir or Søkkmímir was a jotun who appears in two sources from Norse mythology, suggesting that he was once a well-known giant in Scandinavia.
In Grímnismál, stanza 50, it appears that Odin killed the giant:
- Sviðurr ok Sviðrir
- er ek hét at Søkkmímis,
- ok dulða ek þann inn alda iötun,
- þá er ek Miðviðnis vark
- ins mæra burar
- orðinn einbani.[1]
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- So. I deceived the giant
- Sokkmimir old
- As Svithur and Svithrir of yore;
- Of Mithvitnir's son
- the slayer I was
- When the famed one found his doom.[2]
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- Svidur and Svidrir
- I was at Sökkmimir's called,
- and beguiled that ancient Jötun,
- when of Midvitnir's
- renowned son
- I was the sole destroyer.[3]
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He notably appears in Ynglingatal, where subterranean abodes of giants are called Sökkmímir's halls:
- En dagskjarr
- Dúrnis niðja
- salvörðuðr
- Sveigði vétti,
- þá er í stein
- enn stórgeði
- Dusla konr
- ept dvergi hljóp,
- ok salr bjartr
- þeira Sökmímis
- jötunbyggðr
- við jöfri gein.[4][5]
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- By Diurnir's elfin race,
- Who haunt the cliffs and shun day's face,
- The valiant Swegde was deceived,
- The elf's false words the king believed.
- The dauntless hero rushing on,
- Passed through the yawning mouth of stone:
- It yawned -- it shut -- the hero fell,
- In Saekmime's hall, where giants dwell.[6][7]
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- ^ Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
- ^ Bellow's translation
- ^ Benjamin Thorpe's translation
- ^ Ynglinga saga at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad
- ^ A second online presentation of Ynglingatal
- ^ Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive
- ^ Laing's translation at Northvegr
