In
Norse mythology, Gálgviðr (
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 settlemen ...
"gallows-wood") is a forest in
Jotunheim, land of the
jötnar, from which the rooster Fjalar is foretold to begin crowing during the onset of
Ragnarok.
According to stanza 42 of the poem ''
Völuspá
''Vǫluspá'' (also ''Völuspá'', ''Vǫlospá'' or ''Vǫluspǫ́''; Old Norse: 'Prophecy of the völva, a seeress'; reconstructed Old Norse: ) is the best known poem of the ''Poetic Edda''. It tells the story of the creation of the world and ...
'' from 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 ...
'':
:He sat on the mound and plucked his harp
:the herdsman of the giantess, cheerful Eggther
:a rooster crowed in Gallows-wood
:that bright-red cockerel who is called Fialar
:
::— Larrington trans.
See also
*
Járnviðr
In Norse mythology, Járnviðr (Old Norse "Iron-wood"Lindow (2001:204-205).) is a forest located east of Midgard, inhabited by trollwomen who bore '' jötnar'' and giant wolves. Járnviðr is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th ce ...
Notes
References
*Larrington, Carolyne (Trans.) (1999). ''The Poetic Edda''.
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Locations in Norse mythology
Mythological forests
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