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Gefjun transforms four giants into oxen and ploughs the island of Sjælland (Selund).
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[excerpt from] Yng ch. 5d
5d. [Frá Gefjun]
Þá sendi hann Gefjun norður y... | Thereupon he sent Gefjun nort... |
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context
This episode occurs within the longer narrative Ynglinga saga, the first in the collection of kings’ sagas known as Heimskringla which were probably compiled by the 13th-century Icelandic scholar Snorri Sturluson.
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(Contributed by Anna Millward.)
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Main text: Ynglinga saga
Attributes: Landscape Bull / ox Giants Euhemerism Jötunheimr plough Land-taking
Named things: Bragi Gefjun Gylfi
Text sections: Hkr Yng 5dII