Byleist

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Byleist (also Bileistr old north .: Byleipt, Byleistr 'Donnerblitz , Sturm-Löser') is a jöte (giant) from old Norse mythology . He is the brother of Loki and Helblindi and the son of Jöten Fárbauti and Laufey . Apart from this relationship, which Snorri Sturluson names in Gylfaginning Cape 35, nothing is known about Byleist.

In some Edda texts, the expression bróðir Býleists (Byleist's brother) is used as the identifier for Loki : Völuspá 51, Hyndlulióð 40, Skáldskaparmál 16

Already in the manuscripts of the Snorra Edda the spelling varies between Býleistr (Codex Regius, Codex Wormianus), Blýleistr (Codex Trajectinus) and Býleiptr (Codex Upsaliensis).

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