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In Norse mythology
, Gálgviðr (Old Norse
"gallows-wood") is a forest in Jotunheim, land of the jötnar, from which the rooster Fjalar
is foretold to begin crowing during the onset of Ragnarok
.
According to stanza 42 of the poem Völuspá
from the Poetic Edda
:
Norse mythology
Norse mythology, a subset of Germanic mythology, is the overall term for the myths, legends and beliefs about supernatural beings of Norse pagans. It flourished prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, during the Early Middle Ages, and passed into Nordic folklore, with some aspects surviving...
, Gálgviðr (Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
"gallows-wood") is a forest in Jotunheim, land of the jötnar, from which the rooster Fjalar
Fjalar
In Norse mythology, Fjalar may refer to:* Fjalar and Galar, dwarf brothers who killed the god Kvasir and turned his blood into the mead of poetry* The other is a rooster that will crow to signify the beginning of Ragnarok...
is foretold to begin crowing during the onset of Ragnarok
Ragnarök
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures , the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water...
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According to stanza 42 of the poem Völuspá
Völuspá
Völuspá is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda. It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end related by a völva addressing Odin...
from the Poetic Edda
Poetic Edda
The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends, and from the early 19th century...
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- "He sat on the mound and plucked his harp
- the herdsman of the giantess, cheerful Eggther
EggthérIn Norse mythology, Eggthér is a giant and herdsman who is described as sitting on a mound and joyfully playing his harp while the red rooster Fjalar begins to crow, heralding the onset of Ragnarök....- a rooster crowed in Gallows-wood
- that bright-red cockerel who is called Fialar"
- — Larrington trans.