Agnarr (

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...

: ) is the brother of Gerriod, son of

Hraudung In Norse mythology, Hraudung was a human king and the father of Geirröd and Agnar according to the prose header of the poem '' Grímnismál'' from the '' Poetic Edda''. Hraudung is also listed in the '' Skáldskaparmál'' section of the '' Pro ...

Norse mythology Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern per ...

. Agnarr is solely attested in the poem '' Grímnismál'' in the ''

Poetic Edda The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the ''Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic med ...

'', the latter compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources. In ''Grímnismál'' he is described as aiding

Odin Odin (; from non, Óðinn, ) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, ...

, disguised as Grímnir, to escape from Geirröðr's torture.Simek (2007:4).Orchard (1997:25–6).

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References

* Orchard, Andy (1997). ''Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend''.

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. * Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology''. D.S. Brewer. People in Norse mythology Odin {{norse-myth-stub