In Norse mythology, Brimir is another name for the giant Ymir and also the name of a hall for the souls of the virtuous following the endtime conflict of Ragnarok. Norse mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and Legends of the Scandinavian peoples including those who settled on Iceland A jötunn, sometimes anglicized as jotun (pronounced yotun is a giant in Norse mythology, a member of a race of nature spirits with superhuman strength In Norse mythology, Ymir, also named Aurgelmir ( Old Norse gravel-yeller) among the giants themselves was the founder of the race of End time, End times, or End of days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (rɑgnɑrɔk Old Norse "Final destiny of the gods" refers to a series of major events including a great battle foretold
In the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda Brimir refers to a hall in the heavens for good souls following Ragnarok where "plenty of good drink" will be available for those who take pleasure in it. Gylfaginning, or the Tricking of Gylfi (c 20000 words is the first part of Snorri Sturluson 's Prose Edda after The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda ( Snorra Edda) or simply Edda, is an
In stanza 9 of Völuspá, the first poem of the Poetic Edda, Brimir and Blain are both mentioned as alternate names for Ymir:
- "Then all the Powers went to the thrones of fate,
- the sacrosanct gods, and considered this:
- who should form the lord of the dwarfs
- out of Brimir's blood and from Blain's limbs?"
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- — Larrington trans. Völuspá ( Prophecy of the Völva) is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda. The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval Manuscript Codex Regius. In Norse mythology, Ymir, also named Aurgelmir ( Old Norse gravel-yeller) among the giants themselves was the founder of the race of In Old Norse, áss (or ǫ́ss ás, plural æsir, feminine ásynja, feminine plural ásynjur) is the term denoting one of the principal Dvergar or Norse dwarves ( Old Norse dvergar, sing dvergr) are highly significant entities in Norse mythology, who associate
Quoted by Snorri in Gylfaginning, he expands upon this and tells us that the dwarves were created from the dead flesh of Ymir whose body was used by Odin and his brothers to form the earth ("Brimir's blood" referring to the sea and "Blain's limbs" referring to the mountains that were made from his bones). Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian poet and politician Odin (ˈoʊdɪn from Old Norse Óðinn) is considered the chief god in Norse paganism.
Stanza 37 of the same poem mentions Brimir as the name of a giant who may or may not be Ymir as the owner of a beer hall:
- "To the north there stood on Dark-of-moon Plains
- a hall of gold of the lineage of Sindri
- and another stood on Never-cooled Plain,
- the beer-hall of the giant who is called Brimir. A beer hall (Bierpalast Bierstube is a large Pub that specializes in Beer. In Norse mythology, Niðavellir ( Dark fields) is a land inhabited by the dwarves. In Norse mythology, Sindri (from the Old Norse sindr: "spark" is the name of both a character (probably a dwarf) and a hall that will In Norse mythology, Okolnir ("Never Cold" is the name of a plain on which is located the hall of Brimir and mentioned only in stanza 37 of the poem "
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- — Larrington trans.
Snorri used this stanza as his basis for Brimir as a hall in the afterlife in Gylfaginning but whether or not the two residences are identical is uncertain.
References
- Faulkes, Anthony (transl. ) (1987). Edda (Snorri Sturluson). Everyman. Everyman's Library is a series of reprinted classic literature currently published by Alfred A ISBN 0-460-87616-3.
- Larrington, Carolyne (transl. ) (1996). The Poetic Edda. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford World's Classics is an imprint of Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-283946-2.
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