Sökkmímir
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:
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He notably appears in Ynglingatal, where subterranean abodes of giants are called Sökkmímir's halls:
Notes
- ↑ Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
- ↑ Bellow's translation
- ↑ Benjamin Thorpe's translation
- ↑ Ynglinga saga at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad Archived 2005-12-31 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- ↑ A second online presentation of Ynglingatal
- ↑ Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive
- ↑ Laing's translation at Northvegr Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine.
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