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 he was slain. In the Grimnismal, one of the poems of the Poetic Edda, Brimir is the name of a sword.
Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition – Written by Anthony S. Mercatante & James R. Dow-Copyright © 2009 by Anthony S. Mercatante
“The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at…
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