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• Glæsisvellir — (meaning: glittering plains) was a location in Jotunheim in Norse mythology. It is mentioned in sources, such as Bósa saga ok Herrauds and Hervarar saga. [1] Contents 1 Legend 2 See also 3 References …   Wikipedia

• Bósa saga ok Herrauðs — Bósa saga ok Herrauðs, Bósa saga ok Herrauds or Saga of Bósi and Herraud is a legendary saga written around 1300 preserved in three 15th century manuscripts relating the fantastic adventures of the two companions Herraud (Old Norse Herrauðr) and… …   Wikipedia

• Herrauðr — Herrauðr, Herraud , Herröðr , Herruðr , Herrud , Herothus or Heroth is a legendary earl of Götaland or king of Sweden, who appears in several medieval legends, in particular those relating to Ragnar Lodbrok (e.g. Tale of Ragnar s sons , Ragnar… …   Wikipedia

• Jötunheimr — (often anglicized Jotunheim ) is the world (heim home, homeland ) of the jötunn (two types: rock (or hill giants) and frost (or rime giants)) in the Norse Mythology. From there they menace the humans in Midgard and the gods in Asgard (from whom… …   Wikipedia

• Dvalinn — In Norse mythology, Dvalin is a dwarf who appears in several Old Norse tales and kennings. The name translates as the dormant one or the one slumbering (akin to the Danish and Norwegian dvale and Swedish dvala , meaning sleep , unconscious… …   Wikipedia

• Hervor — is the name of two characters in the cycle of the magic sword Tyrfing, presented in Hervarar saga with parts are found in the Poetic Edda .The first Hervor was the daughter of Angantyr. The second Hervor was the daughter of Heidrek, the son of… …   Wikipedia

• Heidrek — or Heiðrekr was one of the main characters in the cycle about the magic sword Tyrfing.He appears in the Hervarar saga , and probably also in Widsith , line 115, as Heathoric together with his sons Angantyr ( Incgentheow ) and Hlöð ( Hlith ), and… …   Wikipedia

• Angantyr — was the name of three characters from the same line in Norse mythology, and who appear in Hervarar saga , in Gesta Danorum and Faroese ballads.The last generation named Angantyr also appears to be mentioned as Incgentheow in Widsith , line 115,… …   Wikipedia

• Godmund — ( Guðmundr ) was a king in Jotunheim in Finnmark, ruling over a land called Glæsisvellir. He and his men were said to have lived many times the span of normal men, so that heathens believed that the Deathless Acre ( Údáinsakr , compare Fountain… …   Wikipedia

• Neorxnawang — (also Neorxenawang, Neorxnawong; possibly field of contentment [1]) is an Old English term used to translate the Christian concept of paradise in Anglo Saxon literature.[2] The term is often theorized as originally having referred to a… …   Wikipedia