Hrímgerðr

In Norse mythology, Hrímgerðr ("frost-Gerðr"[1]) is a female jötunn. Hrímgerðr is attested in Poetic Edda poem Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, where she engages in heated flyting with Atli Indmundsson.

Notes

  1. ↑ Orchard (1997:90).

References

  • Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2


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