Glöð ("glad" or "glowing
ember
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s"; sometimes anglicized as Glod or Glut) is a legendary
queen
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* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
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Queen or QUEEN may also refer to:
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* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Q ...
who figures in the Norse ''
Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar
Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar or The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son is a legendary saga which takes place in the 7th century. It is about the father of Frithjof the Bold. It begins in Norway and Sweden (with locations such as Ulleråker), but c ...
''.
She is a daughter of Grímr of Grímsgarðr in
Jötunheimr
The terms Jötunheimr (in Old Norse orthography: Jǫtunheimr ; often Old Norse orthography#Anglicized spelling, anglicised as Jotunheim) or Jötunheimar refer to either a land or multiple lands respectively in Nordic mythology inhabited by the j ...
and his wife Alvör, the sister of King Álf the Old of
Álfheimr
In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse: , "Land of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" ( , "home of the Ljósálfar, Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves.
Attestations
Álfheim as an abode of the ...
. She is also the wife of
Logi
Logi may refer to:
People
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* Logi Jes Kri ...
, 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
A (also jotun; plural ; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, ; or, in Old English, , plural ) is a type of being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, are often contrasted with gods (the Æsir and Vanir) and with other no ...
, 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 Æsir, god in Norse mythology. He is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mythology), Laufey (a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married to the goddess Sigyn and they have two sons, Narfi (son of Lo ...
rather than Logi.
See also
*
Fornjót
Fornjót (Old Norse language, Old Norse: ''Fornjótr'') is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the father of Ægir, Hlér ('sea'), Logi (mythology), Logi ('fire') and Kári ('wind'). It is also the name of a legendary king of "Finland and Kvenland ...
, 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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