Hrímgerðr
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In Norse mythology
, Hrímgerðr ("frost-Gerðr") is a female jötunn. Hrímgerðr is attested in Poetic Edda
poem Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar
, where she engages in heated flyting with Atli Indmundsson.
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...
, Hrímgerðr ("frost-Gerðr") is a female jötunn. Hrímgerðr is attested in 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...
poem Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar
Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar
Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar is a poem collected in the Poetic Edda, found in the Codex Regius manuscript where it follows Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and precedes Helgakviða Hundingsbana II...
, where she engages in heated flyting with Atli Indmundsson.