Английская Википедия:Hrímgrímnir
Шаблон:Short description Hrímgrímnir (Old Norse: Шаблон:IPA-non, 'frost-masked') is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is invoked by Freyr's servant Skírnir as he tries to coerce the beautiful jötunn Gerðr on his master's behalf.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Name
The Old Norse name Hrímgrímnir has been translated as 'frost-masked'.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Attestations
In Skírnismál (The Lay of Skírnir), after Gerðr refuses to marry Freyr, his messenger Skírnir threatens her with a curse involving her marriage to Hrímgrímnir in Hel:Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Poem quoteHrímgrímnir is also mentioned in the þulur among fellow jötnar but is not otherwise found elsewhere.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
Theories
Scholar John Lindow comments that Hrímgrímnir is evidently a "part of something bigger"; if Gerðr refuses Skírnir's offer, she will "be denied all ordinary sexual congress", resulting in social consequences—even though she would be married, she would live in social exile.Шаблон:Sfn
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