Glöð ("glad" or "glowing
ember
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s"; sometimes anglicized as Glod or Glut) is a legendary
queen
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who figures in the Norse ''
Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar''.
She is a daughter of Grímr of Grímsgarðr in
Jötunheimr and his wife Alvör, the sister of King Álf the Old of
Álfheimr. She is also the wife of
Logi
Logi may refer to:
People
* Logi Bergmann Eiðsson (born 1966), Icelandic television host, news anchor and reporter
* Logi Geirsson (born 1982), Icelandic handball player
* Logi Gunnarsson (born 1981), Icelandic basketball player
* Logi Jes Kr ...
, also referred to as Hálogi, with whom she had two daughters,
Eysa or Eisa ("glowing embers") and
Eimyrja ("embers").
[Anderson (1877:1-2); Anderson (1880:240).]
In
Norse mythology
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, Logi is a
fire giant, god and personification of fire, mentioned in the ''
Prose Edda
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''. By extension, Glöð, as Logi's consort, is sometimes identified as a goddess, as are her daughters. In addition to this, the placement of her father, Grímr, in Jötunheimr, identifies him as a
jötunn, that is, a supernatural being. So does the placement of her mother, Alvör, in Alfheimr, the realm of the
Light Elves. This suggests that Glöð is perhaps more properly regarded as a mythological figure rather than as a historical one. Glöð is also often wrongly identified as the wife of the god
Loki
Loki is a god in Norse mythology. According to some sources, Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married to Sigyn and they have two sons, Narfi or Na ...
rather than Logi.
See also
*
Fornjót
Fornjót (Old Norse: ''Fornjótr'') is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Hlér ('sea'), Logi ('fire') and Kári ('wind'). It is also the name of a legendary king of " Finnland and Kvenland". The principal study of this figure is ...
, Glöð's father-in-law
Notes
References
* Anderson, Rasmus B. (1877). ''Viking Tales of the North''. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
* Anderson, Rasmus B. (1880). ''The Younger Edda''. Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.
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