Gungnir
Vendelzeit bronze plate, on which Odin is probably depicted on his horse Sleipnir with his two ravens Hugin and Munin and his spear Gungnir.
Gungnir ( Old Norse for "the wavering") is the name of the spear of Odin , the highest god in Norse mythology . It is sometimes believed that this spear was used to bring war into the world when the All-Father threw it into the army of the Vanes . According to the history of its manufacture, Gungnir was forged, but only after the Van War.
The sons of the dwarf Ivaldi made Gungnir and gave it to Odin. Loki brought it along with the golden hair for Sif and the ship Skidbladnir for the Van God Freyr. He assured that the spear never misses its target and always returns to its owner, just like Thor's hammer Mjolnir .
literature
- The Edda. Poetry of gods, proverbs and heroic songs of the Germanic peoples . Translated into German by Felix Genzmer . Diederichs, Düsseldorf 1981, Munich 1997, Weltbild 2006, ISBN 3-424-01380-3 , ISBN 3-7205-2759-X
- Snorra Edda . Finnur Jónsson, København 1900.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Skáldskaparmál; Loki's bet with the dwarves. In: wikisource.org. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
Web links
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