[1] Gjǫll (f.): Lit. ‘din’, a mythical river at the border of Hel (Grí 28/10; Gylf, SnE 2005, 9, 47). According to Gylf, Hermóðr, the son of Óðinn, who was sent to ransom his brother Baldr from Hel, had to cross the Gjallarbrú, the bridge over the river Gjǫll, which was paved with shining gold.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 26 April 2024)
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