Glǫð

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").

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.

Family

Jǫtunn genealogy in Norse mythology

Names in Bold are Jǫtnar/Gýgr

Names in Italics are Gods/Goddesses

Ymir                                                   Þrúðgelmir                                                   Bergelmir                                                                                                                                         Bǫlþorn   Naglfari     Narfi   Dellingr       Aurgelmir       Fornjótr   Alvaldi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mímir                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Iði   Gangr   Þjazi                                                                     Bestla   Borr         Nótt           Dagr   Fárbauti   Laufey   Kári   Logi   Rán   Ægir   Gymir   Aurboða                                                                                                                                                                   Sister of Njǫrðr   Njǫrðr   Skaði                             Vili         Auðr             Annarr   Helblindi   Býleistr           Glǫð     Eisa and Eimyrja   Nine Maidens                                                                                                                                             Gerðr   Freyr             Vé                                     Sigyn           Loki         Angrboða   Heimdallr                                                                                                                                                                               Óðinn   Jǫrð                     Narfi   Váli         Jǫrmungandr   Hel   Fenrir   Hyrrokkin                                                                                                                 Þórr   Sif                     Svaðilfari                                                                                                                               Sleipnir                 Skǫll   Hati Hróðvitnisson               Þrúðr Frigg

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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