Glǫð is a legendary queen who figures in the Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar. She is a daughter of Grímr of Grímsgarðr in Jǫtunheimr and his wife Alvǫr, the sister of King Álfr the Old of Álfheimr. She is also the wife of Logi, also referred to as Hálogi, with whom she had two daughters, Eysa or Eisa ("glowing embers") and Eimyrja ("embers").[1]
In Norse mythology, Logi is a eldjǫtunn, god and personification of fire, mentioned in the Prose Edda. By extension, Glǫð, as Logi's consort, is sometimes identified as a goddess, as are her daughters. In addition to this, the placement of her father, Grímr, in Jötunheimr, identifies him as a jǫtunn, that is, a supernatural being. So does the placement of her mother, Alvǫr, in Alfheimr, the realm of the Light Elves. This suggests that Glǫð is perhaps more properly regarded as a mythological figure rather than as a historical one. Glǫð is also often wrongly identified as the wife of the god Loki rather than Logi.
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- ↑ Anderson (1877:1-2); Anderson (1880:240).
References[]
- Anderson, Rasmus B. (1877). Viking Tales of the North. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
- Anderson, Rasmus B. (1880). The Younger Edda. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
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Jǫtnar | Alvaldi • Annarr • Auðr • Baugi • Beli • Bergelmir • Bǫlþorn • Býleistr • Eggþér • Fárbauti • Fjǫrgynn • Fornjótr • Gangr • Geirrǫðr • Gillingr • Gymir • Helblindi • Helreginn • Hrímgrímnir • Hrímnir • Hrungnir • Hrymr • Hræsvelgr • Hymir • Iði • Ím • Kári • Litr • Logi • Loki • Mímir • Mǫkkurkálfi • Mǫgþrasir • Naglfari • Narfi • Narfi Lokason • Søkkmímir • Surtr • Suttungr • Útgarða-Loki • Vafþrúðnir • Váli • Víðblindi • Vǫrnir • Ymir • Þjazi • Þrívaldi • Þrúðgelmir • Þrymr • Ægir |
Gýgjar | Angrboða • Aurboða • Bestla • Eimyrja • Eisa • Fjǫrgyn • Gerðr • Gjálp • Glǫð • Greip • Gríðr • Gunnlǫð • Harðgreipr • Hel • Hljóð • Hrímgerðr • Hróðr • Hyrrokkin • Járnsaxa • Jǫrð • Laufey • Leikn • Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán/Nine Mothers of Heimdallr • Nornir (Urðr • Verðandi • Skuld) • Nótt • Sinmara • Skaði • Þǫkk |