Sökkvabekkr
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In Norse mythology, Sökkvabekkr (generally believed to mean "Sunken Benches") is the dwelling of Odin and Sága or of Sága alone.
In Grímnismál, Sökkvabekkr is listed among the gods' abodes. It is said to belong to Odin and Sága:
- Sökkvabekk is the fourth, where cool waves flow,
- And amid their murmur it stands;
- There daily do Othin and Saga drink
- In gladness from cups of gold.
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- —Grimnismol (7), Bellow's translation
This stanza is sometimes used to support that Sága is a hypostasis of Frigg.
Grímnismál was probably the source of Snorri Sturluson when he wrote about Sága:
- She dwells at Sokkvabekk, and that is a big place.
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- —Gylfaginning (35), Faulkes' translation
[edit] References
- Bellows, Henry Adams (trans.). 1923. The poetic Edda. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.
- Faulkes, Anthony (trans.). 1995. Snorri Sturluson: Edda. First published in 1987. London: Everyman. ISBN 0-460-87616-3.
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