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Hyrrokkin (Old Norse: [ˈhyrˌrokːenː]) is a
female jötunn in
Norse mythology.
According to 13th-century poet
Snorri Sturluson, she
launched the largest...
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Hyrrokkin /hɪˈrɒkən/ or
Saturn XLIV is a
natural satellite of Saturn. Its
discovery was
announced by
Scott S. Sheppard,
David C. Jewitt, Jan Kleyna, and...
- wolves.
Wolves are also
taken as
mounts by gýgjar such as
Hyndla and
Hyrrokkin, the
latter of
which using snakes as reins. This is
further attested in...
- Hræsvelgr
Hraudung Hrímgerðr Hrímgrímnir Hrímnir Hroðr
Hrungnir Hrymr Hymir Hyrrokkin Iði Ím Járnsaxa Jörð Kári
Leikn Litr Logi Mögþrasir Móðguðr
Rindr Skaði...
- that the
powerful jötunn
Hyrrokkin comes from Jötunheim to help.
Hyrrokin arrives riding a wolf with
vipers as reins.
Hyrrokkin pushes the ship, and it...
- Hyndla, the
eponymous seeress rides a wolf. To Baldr's funeral, the jötunn
Hyrrokkin arrived on a wolf. The
medievalist and
Tolkien scholar Marjorie Burns...
- from
Hylestad Stave Church, from the
second half of the 12th century.
Hyrrokkin, a gýgr in
Norse mythology who uses
snakes as
reins Ormhäxan, a picture...
- ship, Hringhorni,
which is
launched out to sea with the aid of the gýgr
Hyrrokkin;
Snorri wrote after the
Christianisation of Iceland, but drew on Úlfr...
- were
unable to move the
great vessel without the help of the
giantess Hyrrokkin, who was sent for out of Jötunheim. She then
flung the ship so violently...
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Hunnestad Monument that is
believed to
depict a
female jötunn (or gýgr)
riding on a wolf with
vipers as reins,
which has been
proposed to be
Hyrrokkin....
