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  Bragi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If Bragi's mother is Frigg, then Frigg is somewhat dismissive of Bragi in the Lokasenna in stanza 27 when Frigg complains that if she had a son in Ægir's hall as brave as Baldr then Loki would have to fight for his life.
Bragi's mother was son of Odin by the giantess Gunnlöd.
This Bragi is the sixth of the second of two groups of nine sons fathered by King Hálfdan the Old on Alvig the Wise, daughter of King Eymund of Hólmgard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bragi   (1462 words)

  
 Bragi
Bragi is married to Idun, the goddess of eternal youth.
Oaths were sworn over the Bragarfull ("Cup of Bragi"), and drinks were taken from it in honor of a dead king.
He was a poet from the 9th century, Bragi Boddason.
www.pantheon.org /articles/b/bragi.html   (131 words)

  
 FORSETI
Bragi, whose name means "the best" or "the foremost", is said to be the god of poetry; Óðinn tells us in Grímnismál 66 that he is the most awesome of skalds.
This fits with traditional images of Bragi having a long white beard in spite of his marriage to Iðunn; it could also be theorized that a human who had been accepted among the god/esses would have more need of her apples than the other deities.
Loki replies that Bragi has neither horses nor arm-rings, for he is the wariest of battle and the most frightened of shooting, to which Bragi answers that if they were outside he would swiftly have Loki's head in his hands, and Iðunn has to calm her husband.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/5595/gods/bragi.html   (775 words)

  
 Bragi Ólafsson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bragi Ólafsson (born in Reykjavík, Iceland on August 11, 1962) is a musician.
He is best known for his work in The Sugarcubes as a bassist, the avant-garde pop band from Iceland that brought fame to Björk, who went on to solo success with her unique brand of dance-pop.
Bragi, meanwhile, has concentrated on Bad Taste Ltd., the company formed by the Sugarcubes to publish poetry and sign other bands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bragi_Olafsson   (183 words)

  
 Bragi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bragi responds that if they were outside the hall, he would have Loki's head, but Loki only repeats the accusation.
Bragi was generally conceived to have runes permanently carved into his tongue.
Bragi had runes carved on his tongue by his wife Iðunn, the inventor of runes.
en.wikipedia.org /?title=Bragi   (1462 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi was the son of Odin and was one of the Aesir.
Bragi may in fact be a reflection of Odin, since the name Bragi is also one of the All-father's kennings.
Bragi did not survive the world's destruction and there is no record stating how he engaged in the last battle.
www.dickinson.edu /~eddyb/mythology/Bragi.html   (140 words)

  
 Bragi --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Bragi was revered for his wisdom, his eloquence, his ability to compose and recite, and his knowledge of poetry.
Bragi appears in later sources as the god of poetry and eloquence.
According to the ‘Prose (or Younger) Edda', it was because of Bragi that poetry was called brag, and a person, regardless of sex, was said to be a brag (chief)...
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9310352   (676 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Bragi
Bragi, in Scandinavian mythology, the god of eloquence, wisdom, and the art of poetry.
Bragi was the husband of Idun, who possessed youth-restoring...
The earliest skald (scald) whose verse has survived was Bragi...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Bragi.html   (75 words)

  
 Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi is also in Valhalla alongside Odin in The Lay of Eirik, and Odin refers to Bragi as one who "knowest everything well".
During the feast in Asgard attended by Aegir, it is Bragi who relates to Aegir the tales of the gods.
There was a 9th century skald named Bragi Boddason and some believe he may have been raised to a god by later writers.
www.ugcs.caltech.edu /~cherryne/myth.cgi/Bragi.html   (134 words)

  
 Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When the vessel crosses the threshold of Nain, the Dwarf of Death, Bragi awakes and sweeping the strings of his harp, sings a song that echoes over all the worlds, a song describing the rapture of existence, and awakens dumb, sleeping nature out of her long death-like sleep.
Bragi is synonymous with spiritual intuition which, united with the mind (Loki), is the means of human liberation.
She was the wife of Bragi, the god of poetry; a most charming myth.
www.experiencefestival.com /bragi   (970 words)

  
 BRAGI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi (altnordisch bragr) ist in der nordischen Mythologie der Gott der Dichtkunst und begrüßt die gefallenen Helden in Walhall.
Er ist der Sohn von Odin und Frigg und gehört somit zu den Asen.
Bragi Boddasson, auch Bragi der Alte genannt, war ursprünglich ein norwegischer Skalde und schrieb unter anderem das Ragnarsdrapa.
www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/B/Bragi   (68 words)

  
 Jani Salonen | Mytologia, Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Loki returned to Asgard, after being instrumental in causing Balder's death, Bragi, who was never at a loss for words, told him that he was unwelcome company at their feast.
It is not unlikely that Bragi was added through the divine elevation of a poet, since in Germanic courts poets were venerated second only to kings.
Bragi was portrayed as an old, bearded man carrying a harp, and when oaths where sworn they were solemnized by speaking over a vessel called the Cup of Bragi.
koti.kontu.la /jsalonen/jani/main_myth_015.html   (186 words)

  
 Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi was the patron of poets, called skald s.
He had rune s carved on his tongue.
Kiu estas Poemo de Einar Bragi SIGURDSSON, elislandigis Baldur RAGNARSSON.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Bragi.html   (208 words)

  
 Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi was probably based on a real the skald Bragi Boddason from the 9th century.
A Bragarfull was a sacred cup over which swore oaths honored dead kings or kinsmen.
Bragi Ásgeirsson: Líf í grafík (Smárit / Listasafn Íslands)
www.freeglossary.com /Bragi_   (293 words)

  
 Bragi's conductors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1980, Rein joined Bragi and he has been an important influence on the a capella choir ever since.
At the age of 12 he received violin lessons from the German teacher Ernest Frissen, and with his string quartet, he won the International Charles Hennen Contest twice in the category 16 and under.
At the beginning of 2000 he became répétiteur of the Bragi orchestra under the leadership of Arbër Dhomi.
www.bragi.nl /english/conductors.htm   (400 words)

  
 YGGDRASIL Volume 14 Number 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I met Bragi when Prudence and I were invited to a rune lecture of his hosted by Diana Paxson of Hrafnar Kindred.
Generally, Bragi's research has surfaced a body of ideas that encompass Icelandic runes, numerological impressions, and geneological formations, these being coalesced by a series of word groupings he discovered in an esoteric work, (the like of which is only to be found buried in some deep Icelandic repository.
It is Bragi's belief that Grybbarvujyr's work was a recording of oral traditions from Icelandic elders of the period coupled with Grunnarvikur's personal interpretation based on some older and still undiscovered texts.
www.freyasfolk.org /1401.htm   (2633 words)

  
 Brego or Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi's name means literally "leader," in addition to "poetry," and therefore in Old English would be Brego.
Brego does not appear outside the Norse myths, and not a few scholars feel he is either the mortal poet Bragi Boddason deified or an aspect of Woden (Odin).
Bragi is also present at the symbel in the Lokasenna, and the first of the Gods to respond to Loki:
www.ealdriht.org /brego.html   (543 words)

  
 Information about the Bragi Concert Choir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As Bragi was founded as a male choir, the concert choir is the eldest division.
No audition is required to become a member of the concert choir: anyone with any feeling for music who enjoys singing may join.
This may be a baroque piece (December, 1999: Gloria by Vivaldi) or a modern one (June, 2000: Cantata Ecologica by the Dutchman Steven Hoogenberk).
www.oprit.rug.nl /bragi/eng/grk_eng.htm   (285 words)

  
 Information about Bragi's a capella choir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi's a capella choir was formed in 1968 as a part of the musical organization.
It currently consists of 26 members and since 1980 has been under the direction of Rein de Vries.
In December concerts are given with the concert choir and orchestra of Bragi; these include only a small sample of the music performed in the a capella choir's own concerts in January.
www.bragi.nl /english/achoir.htm   (249 words)

  
 SIGURÐUR BRAGI STEFÁNSSON - barnaland.is - Heimur barnsins á netinu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
SIGURÐUR BRAGI STEFÁNSSON - barnaland.is - Heimur barnsins á netinu
Bragi er leitt af orðinu "bragur" sem merkir kveðskapur.
Einnig merkir nafnorðið "bragur" fyrirmaður, - höfðingi og telja sumir þá út frá því að nafnið Bragi merki ágætur maður.
www.barnaland.is /barn/7357   (125 words)

  
 BRAGI FAQ @ the GBF
BRAGI is free of charge to academic users and, at now, for comercial usage too, but you have to sign a license agreement.
This is not implemented in the normal graphigs of BRAGI at now, sorry.
BRAGI may connect atoms in a funny order, if the topology is unknow for it, e.g.
bragi.gbf.de /faq.html   (1258 words)

  
 Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The verb 'to brag' is derived from his name, and also, given that in the mythos poetry isconsidered to be an intoxicant of the gods, possibly also the verb 'to brew'.
He could inspire creativity in people by giving them somespecial mead to drink.
A Bragarfull was a sacred cup over which people swore oaths, honored deadkings or kinsmen.
www.therfcc.org /bragi-55411.html   (148 words)

  
 Het programma van Bragi in de KEI-week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
van 14:00 tot 17:00 is de Cultuurmarkt, waar namens Bragi onder meer het a-capellakoor optreedt.
Hier mag iedereen laten zien en horen wat hij of zij kan en je kunt dus alles verwachten: van Schubert tot R.E.M. en van toneel tot poëzievoordrachten.
Omdat dit een populaire traditie is binnen Bragi, hoor je vaak de mooiste dingen!
www.bragi.nl /keiweek/prog.htm   (211 words)

  
 Baugi & Bragi's Anole Sisters Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Welcome to the homepage of Baugi and Bragi, the green anole sisters.
Bragi The god of eloquence and poetry, and the patron of skalds (poets) in Norse mythology; he inspired poetry in humans by letting them drink from the mead of poetry.
Oaths were sworn over the Bragarfull ("Cup of Bragi").
www.jillennium.com /anole   (253 words)

  
 Search Results for bragi - Encyclopædia Britannica
Since there is no record of a cult...
She was abducted by the giant Thjazi, but Loki brought her...
She was the keeper of the magic apples of immortality, which the gods must eat to preserve their...
www.britannica.com /search?query=bragi&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (206 words)

  
 Bragi on USA tour with WYC - concert plan - Muppet Central Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi on USA tour with WYC - concert plan - Muppet Central Forum
Bragi on USA tour with WYC - concert plan
For anyone who might be interested (and lives in the areas), I now have the whole plan for the World Youth Choir 2002 concert tour.
forum.muppetcentral.com /showthread.php?t=1500   (342 words)

  
 USS Hathor & USS Bragi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The standard defensive systems on the Hathor and Bragi starships are the four pulse phaser cannons, the Type 7 phaser emitters, and the three torpedo launchers.
Four Pulse phasers are hidden in the warp nacelle cowling, and have foward range only.
USS Hathor and Bragi specifications by SLA Harrison, copyright 2001.
members.aol.com /SLASierra/hathor.html   (458 words)

  
 Norse God Bragi
Bragi is the god of poetry and eloquence.
He was married to the goddess Iduna who dwelt in the underworld.
He was older and long-bearded and had runes carved into his tongue.
silvana.itgo.com /bragi.htm   (118 words)

  
 Welcome to Bragi!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bragi is the eldest and largest among the students' music clubs in Groningen: 3 divisions (symphony orchestra, concert choir and a-capella choir), 118 years and 120 members.
On this home page, you'll find information about Bragi, its divisions and its people.
Select one of the links to the left or click the Dutch flag to switch to the Dutch pages.
www.oprit.rug.nl /bragi/eng/main.htm   (86 words)

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