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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. Eitri made a boar with golden bristles,

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

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 so, Baldur was murdered by a scheme

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 first skald.

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 in the Prose Edda. SEE ALSO: Norse

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 earth two children, named Bil and Hjuki,

Bifrost: The Rainbow Bridge of Norse Mythology In Norse mythology, Bifrost, also known as Bilrost or Bif-raust, is the shining rainbow bridge that connects Midgard, the world of human beings, with Asgard,

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 from a giantess on his mother’s side,

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 1930s and 1940s interpreted them as part

Bergelmir (Bergelmer) (mountain old, that is, the old man of the mountain) In Norse mythology, a giant from whom all the frost giants descended. After the original giants were destroyed at the