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Eleven in number | the gods were known, When Baldr o’er the hill | of death was bowed; And this to avenge | was Vali swift, When his brother’s slayer | soon he slew. 231. The father of Baldr | was the heir of Bur, . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . 332. Freyr’s wife was Gerth, | the daughter of Gymir, Of the giants’ brood, | and Aurbotha bore her; To these as well | was Thjazi kin, The dark-loving giant; | his daughter was Skathi. 433. Much have I told thee, | and further will tell; There is much that I know;— | wilt thou hear yet more? 534. Heith and Hrossthjof, | the children of Hrimnir. . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . 635. The sybils arose | from Vitholf’s race, From Vilmeith all | the seers are, And the workers of charms | are Svarthofthi’s children, And from Ymir sprang | the giants all. 736. Much have I told thee, | and further will tell; There is much that I know;— | wilt thou hear yet more? 837. One there was born | in the bygone days, Of the race of the gods, | and great was his might; Nine giant women, | at the world’s edge, Once bore the man | so mighty in arms. 938. Gjolp there bore him, | Greip there bore him, Eistla bore him, | and Eyrgjafa, Ulfrun bore him, | and Angeyja, Imth and Atla, | and Jarnsaxa. 1039. Strong was he made | with the strength of earth, With the ice-cold sea, | and the blood of swine. 1140. One there was born, | the best of all, And strong was he made | with the strength of earth; The proudest is called | the kinsman of men Of the rulers all | throughout the world. 1241. Much have I told thee, | and further will tell; There is much that I know;— | wilt thou hear yet more? 1342. The wolf did Loki | with Angrbotha win, And Sleipnir bore he | to Svathilfari; The worst of marvels | seemed the one That sprang from the brother | of Byleist then. 1443. A heart ate Loki,— | in the embers it lay, And half-cooked found he | the woman’s heart;— With child from the woman | Lopt soon was, And thence among men | came the monsters all. 1544. The sea, storm-driven, | seeks heaven itself, O’er the earth it flows, | the air grows sterile; Then follow the snows | and the furious winds, For the gods are doomed, | and the end is death. 1645. Then comes another, | a greater than all, Though never I dare | his name to speak; Few are they now | that farther can see Than the moment when Othin | shall meet the wolf. 1746. “To my boar now bring | the memory-beer, So that all thy words, | that well thou hast spoken, The third morn hence | he may hold in mind, When their races Ottar | and Angantyr tell.” 1847. “Hence shalt thou fare, | for fain would I sleep, From me thou gettest | few favors good; My noble one, out | in the night thou leapest As Heithrun goes | the goats among. 1948. “To Oth didst thou run, | who loved thee ever, And many under | thy apron have crawled; My noble one, out | in the night thou leapest, As Heithrun goes | the goats among.” 2049. “Around the giantess | flames shall I raise, So that forth unburned | thou mayst not fare.” 2150. “Flames I see burning, | the earth is on fire, And each for his life | the price must lose; Bring then to Ottar | the draught of beer, Of venom full | for an evil fate.” 2251. “Thine evil words | shall work no ill, Though, giantess, bitter | thy baleful threats; A drink full fair | shall Ottar find, If of all the gods | the favor I get.” ‹Previous chapterPoetic Edda 25Next chapterPoetic Edda 27›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. 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