Gondlir
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Norse Gǫndlir (“wand bearer", "wand wielder”) (Gǫnd + -lir), where the wand is a magical implement possibly used for shamanic travel. It has also been suggested that Gǫnd may signify "wolf" (implying a spirit or otherwise magical wolf).[1]
Proper noun
[edit]Gondlir
- (Norse mythology) Odin.
- 2015, Neil Gaiman, The American Gods Quartet, 2019, Ebook, Hachette Livre (Headline Publishing Group), unnumbered page,
- I told you I would tell you my names. This is what they call me. I am called Glad-of-War,[Herteitr] Grim, Raider[Herjan] and Third.[Þriði] I am One-eyed.[Hoárr] […] I am All-Father,[Alfǫðr] and I am Gondlir Wand-bearer.
- 2015, Neil Gaiman, The American Gods Quartet, 2019, Ebook, Hachette Livre (Headline Publishing Group), unnumbered page,
References
[edit]- ^ 2005, John McKinnell, Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend, page 152—Of course Óðinn might have dealings with giantesses that were not seductions, or Gondlir might mean simply 'the One with Wolves' (a reference to Óðinn's wolves Geri and Freki; see Grímnismál 19,1–3). But it is at least possible that it refers to his use of magic spirits in overcoming and seducing giant-sorceresses.
Further reading
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List of names of Odin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
