Definition & Meaning | English word GÝGR
GÝGR
Definitions of GÝGR
- (Norse mythology, rare) A giantess; a female giant.
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using GÝGR in a Sentence
- In Norse mythology, Sinmara is a gýgr (giantess), usually considered a consort to the fiery jötunn Surtr, the lord of Muspelheim, but wife of Mimir.
- Freyja disguised Óttar as her boar Hildisvini (the Battle-Swine) and brought him to the gýgr Hyndla, a seeress.
- In his continued adventures, Helgi killed the jötunn Hati (through this Hati does not appear to be the same as Hati Hróðvitnisson) and Helgi and Atli had a long discussion in poetry (a poem called Hrímgerðarmál) with Hati's daughter Hrímgerðr which they prolonged until the sun rose and transformed the gýgr into stone.
- Wolves have sometimes been associated with witchcraft in both northern European and some Native American cultures: in Norse folklore, the völva Hyndla and the gýgr Hyrrokin are both portrayed as using wolves as mounts, while in Navajo culture, wolves have sometimes been interpreted as witches in wolf's clothing.
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