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Шаблон:Short description Hræsvelgr (Old Norse: Шаблон:IPA-non) is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is portrayed as the eagle-shaped originator of the wind.Шаблон:Sfn

Name

The Old Norse name Hræsvelgr has been translated as 'corpse-swallower',Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn or as 'shipwreck-current'.Шаблон:Sfn

Hræsvelgr's name is sometimes anglicised as Hraesvelgr, Hresvelgr, Hraesveglur, or Hraesvelg. The common Danish form is Hræsvælg and the common Swedish form is Räsvelg.Шаблон:Citation needed

Attestation

In Vafþrúðnismál (The Lay of Vafþrúðnir), Odin questions the wise jötunn Vafþrúðnir about the origin of the wind, and the jötunn answers:Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Poem quote

This stanza is paraphrased by Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning (The Beguiling of Gylfi), when Hárr answers the same question, that time asked by Gangleri (Gylfi in disguise).Шаблон:Sfn Snorri adds that Hræsvelgr sits at the north end of heaven, and that winds originate from under his gigantic eagle’s wings when he spreads them for flight.Шаблон:Sfn

References

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Bibliography

Further reading

  • Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1998). "Hræsvelgr, the Wind-Giant, Reinterpreted" in A Piece of Horse Liver: Myth, Ritual and Folklore in Old Icelandic Sources. Шаблон:ISBN.

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