Month: September 2017

Brynhild (Brünnhilde, Brunhild, Brunhilda) (warrior in coat of mail) In Norse mythology, a Valkyrie, daughter of Odin. Brynhild appears in numerous northern legends and myths.…

Brok (Brokk) (hunchback) In Norse mythology, dwarf, brother of Eitri. Brok blew the bellows for the dwarf sons of Sindri, who were the gold workers.…

Brimir (the bloody moisture) In Norse mythology, a giant, sometimes believed to be identical with the primeval giant Ymir, whose blood flooded the earth when…

Breidalblick (Breithablik) (broad blink, wide glancing) In Norse mythology, the palace of the god Baldur, where nothing impure and the fewest evils were found. Even…

Bragi (to shine, leader) is in Norse mythology, the Aesir god of eloquence and poetry; son of Odin and Gunlod; married to Iduna; considered to be the …

Blain (Ymir’s bones?) In Norse mythology, a giant, often identified with Ymir, the great giant from whose body the earth was formed. The name appears…

Bil and Hjuki In Norse mythology, the waxing and the waning moon. The Prose Edda says, “One day he [the moon] carried off from the…

Bifrost (Bilrost, Bif-raust) (rainbow or quivering roadway) In Norse mythology, rainbow bridge, made of fire, water, and air, that led from Asgard, home of the…

Bestla In Norse mythology, giantess, wife of Bor; daughter of the giant Bolturon; mother of the gods Odin, Vili, and Ve. Odin was thus descended…

berserks (bear-shirt) In northern countries, warriors who wore bear-skin garments (serkr) and became possessed during the fury of battle. The Viennese Mythological School of the…