Английская Википедия:Hljod
Шаблон:Short description Hljod or Ljod (Old Norse: Hljóð Шаблон:IPA-non) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. She is the spouse of Völsung, the daughter of the jötunn Hrímnir, and the mother of Sigmund and Signy.Шаблон:Sfn
Name
The Old Norse name Hljóð has been translated as 'howling'.Шаблон:Sfn
Attestation
In the first chapter of Völsunga saga, Hljóð is portrayed as the daughter of the jötunn Hrímnir, and as a 'wish-maiden' of the god Odin, which could be interpreted as 'Valkyrie of Odin'.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
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It is now said that Frigg heard their prayers and told Óðinn what they prayed. He was not without resources and took his wish-maid, the daughter of the jötunn Hrímnir.[1]
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Hljóð then assumes the shape of a crow and provides the apple of fertility to the childless Rerir, who eventually begets Hljóð's own husband Völsung.Шаблон:Sfn
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Now when he was fully come to man's estate, Hrimnir the giant sends to him Ljod his daughter; she of whom the tale told, that she brought the apple to Rerir, Volsung's father.[1]
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References
Bibliography
Шаблон:Valkyries Шаблон:Norse paganism topics
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Völsunga saga chapter 2, online with the translation by Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris from Völsunga Saga: The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs, with certain Songs from the Elder Edda, ed. H. Halliday Sparling, London: Scott, [1888] at voluspa.org.
