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	Svipdag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Svipdag is the hero of the two Old Norse poems, Grogaldr and Fjolsvinnsmal, which are contained within the body of one work, Svipdagsmál.
		Svipdag is set a task by his stepmother to win the hand of the giantess Mengloth in marriage.
		This she does and he duly arrives at the castle where he is interrogated in a game of riddles by the watchman, from whom he conceals his true name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Svipdag (189 words)

	Northvegr - Rydberg's Teutonic Mythology
		To Svipdag's task of liberating the goddess of love corresponds, in the monkish poem, Orentel's task of liberating Frau Breyde from her surrounding of giants, heathens, and knights templar, and restoring to Christendom the holy grave in Jerusalem.
		Below, I shall prove that Orvandil, Svipdag's and Ull's father, is identical with Egil, the foremost skee-runner in the mythology, and that Svipdag is a cousin of Skadi, "the dis of the skees".
		Svipdag ("the glimmering day") and Skirnir ("the shining one") form another group, which refers to his birth as the son of the star-hero Orvandil, who is "the brightest of stars," and "a true beam from the sun" (see above).
	www.northvegr.org /lore/rydberg/107.php (3556 words)

	5 The Winter War
		Svipdag she called to her side and told him she must soon die with the sorrow she bore for the death of her sire and the shame that Halfdan had put upon her.
		Svipdag was in the midst of the battle, and with Halfdan he waged a duel, but he was overcome and taken prisoner.
		But Svipdag scorned his friendship with defiance, and Halfdan in his wrath caused him to be bound to a tree in the midst of a thick forest, so that he might become the prey of wild beasts.
	www.earth-history.com /Europe/Teutonic/chap05.htm (2578 words)

	Ingjald - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Svipdag the Blind was the viceroy of Tiundaland, the province of Uppsala where the Tings and the Yule (Midwinter) sacrifices were held and (see the Temple at Uppsala).
		Svipdag said that it was a shame and the next day he gave Ingjald a roasted wolf's heart to eat.
		When all the prominent guests were drunk, he ordered Svipdag's sons, Gautvid and Hylvid, to arm themselves and their men and to leave the building.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Ingjald (835 words)

	svipdagsmal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Svipdagsmál or The Lay of Svipdag is an Old Norse work, a part of the Elder Edda, comprised of two poems, The Spell of Groa and The Lay of Fjolsvith.
		In the first poem, the young Svipdag is set the task of winning the hand in marriage of the giantess Mengleth by his cruel stepmother.
		In the second poem, Svipdag, having survived the rigours of the journey, is confronted by the eponymous giant watchman, Fjolsvith.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /svipdagsmal.html (283 words)

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		Svipdag, the favourite hero of the Teutonic mythology, is accordingly celebrated in song under the name Yngve, and also under other names to which I shall refer later, when I am to give a full account of the myth concerning him.
		A sister of Svipdag is married to Forsete (Hyndluljod, 20).
		Svipdag, who, under the spell of his deceased mother’s incantations from the grave, obeyed the command of his stepmother to find and rescue Freyja from the power of the giants, thereby wins her heart and earns the gratitude of the gods.
	www.stavacademy.co.uk /mimir/teutonic2.htm (15980 words)

	Triumph of Love :: WiccanWeb.ca :: A Canadian Wiccan and Pagan Community. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But Svipdag repented, and when his anger passed away he went again in search of Freyja, for his heart was moved with deep tenderness towards her.
		But Svipdag knew her and claimed her for his bride, and a wedding feast was set, and the marriage oath sworn in solemnity and state.
		Svipdag turned his eyes upon Asgard's wondrous gate, and saw before it the two great wolf-dogs which kept watch by night and by day, for when one slept the other was awake.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /article-1719.html (3079 words)

	9 The Gods Reconciled
		SVIPDAG descended out of Asgard and urged his tribe to help the Danes in their campaign against Hadding.
		The heart of Freyja was sad because that Svipdag came not nigh to her with loving words and shining face.
		Faithful was she to Svipdag, and ever did she sorrow as she went because she found him not.
	www.earth-history.com /Europe/Teutonic/chap09.htm (2374 words)

	Northvegr - The Saga of Hrolf Kraki
		And when Svipdag was eighteen years old, he said to his father one day, "It's dull being up here in the mountains all the time and these out-of-the-way valleys, all deserted, and never going to see anyone, and no-one comes to see us.
		Svipdag rides up to the king and greets him nicely; he was well aware of courtly manners.
		Svipdag had caltrops made and scattered on the ground where the battlefield had been marked out, and he got ready with many other tricks.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/oldheathen/039.php (1772 words)

	Svipdagsmol
		The love story of Svipdag and Mengloth is not referred to elsewhere in the Poetic Edda, nor does Snorri mention it; however, Groa, who here appears as Svipdag's mother, is spoken of by Snorri as a wise woman, the wife of Orvandil, who helps Thor with her magic charms.
		In later years the story of Svipdag and Mengloth became popular throughout the North, and was made the subject of many Danish and Swedish as well as Norwegian ballads.
		Svipdag ("Swift Day"): the names of the speakers are lacking in the manuscripts.
	voices_of_wwpn.tripod.com /svipdagsmol.htm (1399 words)

	Ingjald "The Wicked" Braut-Onundss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His foster-brother Gautvid came up, led him to his foster-father Svipdag the Blind, and told him how ill it appeared that he was weaker and less manly than Alf, King Yngvar's son.
		The day after Svipdag took the heart of a wolf, roasted it on the tongs, and gave it to the king's son Ingjald to eat, and from that time he became a most ferocious person, and of the worst disposition.
		Now when the guests had become drunk towards evening King Ingjald told Svipdag's sons, Gautvid and Hylvid, to arm themselves and their men, as had before been settled; and accordingly they went out, and came up to the new hall, and set fire to it.
	www.chazgod.com /Genealogy/ind00419.htm (699 words)

	Heithni.org - Rydberg's Teutonic Mythology
		When Svipdag had given as a jartegn his own name and an epithet of his father, he makes only a brief statement in regard to his past life, but to Menglad it is an entirely sufficient proof of his identity with her intended husband.
		Her mood, when Svipdag sees her within the castle wall sitting on "the joyous mount" surrounded by asynjes and dises, is described in the poem by the verb þruma, "to be sunk into a lethargic, dreamy condition".
		The words which the poem makes her lips utter testify, like her conduct, that it is not the first time she and Svipdag have met, but that it is a "meeting again," and that she long ere this knew that she possessed Svipdag's love.
	www.heithni.org /rydberg/281.php (752 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1 From afar he saw rise the high-timbered hall of the etins 2 Svipdag said: andquot;What foul fiend is it in the forecourt who stands, about the flickering fire hovering...
		Svipdag son of Iving.â âWell, Svipdag, we may be on the same journey, but we have yet to be on...
		Svipdag Rescued Freyja from the Hands of the Giants.
	svipdag.iqexpand.com (373 words)

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		The poem is framed in the form of a debate in which the hero Svipdag, arriving at a castle gate, questions the watch, named Fjolsvin, about what he sees inside.
		When Svipdag asks the names of the wolf-hounds who watch the gate, Fjolsvin names them "Gifr and Geri." Odin's wolfs are Geri and Freki.
		This poem is the final link in the chain of events in which the mortal hero Svipdag wins the hand of fair Freyja, through his magnificent deeds.
	www.squirrel.com /asatru/nidhad/lost_myths.txt (2492 words)

	Svipdag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Svipdag is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		None may know of what root it is sprung but it "falls not for fire or iron." In its topmost branches perches a golden bird named Wideopener, and in the Underworld a magic brew is secreted in an iron caldron secured with nine strong locks and guarded by the dread hag Sinmara.
		This impossible task illustrates how thorough a familiarity with all aspects of the Tree of Knowledge is demanded of one seeking union with his higher self, represented by Menglad, the principle of spiritual intelligence.
	www.experiencefestival.com /svipdag (648 words)

	GiveUpAlready.com - Old Tal'Vorn Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Svipdag started to train with swords when he was young, at the age of 7 he joined a tournament in his town.
		Svipdag and the other one was equal and the fight lasted several hours before Svipdag fell to the ground exausted.
		Svipdag is now in search for one of his old friends who was lost a long time ago.
	www.giveupalready.com /showthread.php?p=125207 (5816 words)

	! Assembly of The Elder Troth - Article - Reaves - Urd !
		Since the gates of the castle open to Svipdag and Fjölviðr's wolf-hounds, Geri and Gifr, lick his hands at the end of the poem, it is apparent that he has obtained this sword.
		Finally, we understand why Svipdag in particular is chosen by Urd to acquire Volund's "laevateinn" as before the birth of Volund's son, he has, as the son of Volund's brother, the closest right of inheritance to the sword, and due to his position as an enemy of the gods.
		So long as she keeps the sword, they are not secure, for a mother's love might prevail and in a decisive moment extend to Vidiga, his father's weapon in order to do battle with the gods.
	www.aetaustralia.org /articles/arwrspinningfate.htm (2263 words)

	Sommerland: Dragon Mythology & Folklore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A curse placed on the god Svipdag, "The Shining One", by the Asa-gods, transformed him into a great sea dragon, after which he went beneath the sea to guard treasure beneath a grey rock (Mackenzie, year unknown).
		Freyja, a goddess, waited in Asgard for Svipdag but when she learnt Odin had placed a curse on him she sought after the god, crying tears of pure gold that became amber when they dropped into the sea.
		Finally Freyja arrived on the shore of where Svipdag was lairing, and when he rose from the water she was undeterred by his ugly appearance, because she recognised his eyes.
	sommerland.org /ondragons/mythology/mythology_2.html (4519 words)

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		Some brief comparisons will serve to illustrate the validity of this interpretation, which is important to the understanding of Fjolsvinsmal 30: In Volundarkviða, Volund forges a sword and a "lind-ring" which is taken from him by Nidhad (Nidi= the Subterranean).
		One learns further that so long as Sinmara lacks the luminous sickle that she feels an anquish "that cannot be eased" and that the cock Vidofnir himself feeling her, the "fl one's" distress, sighs (str.
		This characterizes compassion on the part of Vidofnir with the sorrow of the sword-guardian, Sinmara, and consequently is an indication that Vidofnir relieves it with the luminous sickle found between his "staffs" which comes into Sinmara's possession through Svipdag.
	www.squirrel.com /asatru/nidhad/Weaving_Fate.txt (1909 words)

	Kings of Sweden
		Ingjald was not as stong as Alf, which was made known to his foster father, Svipdag, by Svipdag's son, Gautvid.
		This was the first time since Odin divided the land among his high priests that Sweden was, for the most part, united.
		Svipdag "the blind" and his sons died in a war with Kings Granmar, Hjorvard and Hogne.
	www.geocities.com /missourimule_2000/kingsofsweden1.html (1257 words)

	Fjolsvinnsmal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Fjolsvinnsmal or The Lay of Fjolsvinn is the second of two Old Norse poems which comprise the Svipdagsmál, The Lay of Svipdag.
		In the first poem, Svipdag enlists the aid of his dead mother, Groa, a witch, to assist him in the completion of a task set by his cruel stepmother.
		At the commencement of Fjolsvinnsmal, Svipdag has arrived at a castle on a mountain top.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Fjolsvinnsmal.htm (238 words)

	Algout GAUTREKSSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yngvar had two sons by his wife -- the one called Alf, the other Agnar -- who were about the same age as Ingjald.
		Onund's district-kings were at that time spread widely over Sweden, and Svipdag the Blind ruled over Tiundaland, in which Upsal is situated, and where all the Swedish Things are held.
		When Ingjald was grown up, Onund applied for him to King Algaut for his daughter Gauthild.
	homepage.mac.com /james_keller/PS67/PS67_406.HTML (366 words)

	Lay of Fjolsvith
		Not acknowledging himself as the chosen hero, Svipdag must inquire into the conditions---impossible of fulfillment---through which access to the castle may be gained.
		Vindkald, "Wind-Cold"; Varkald, "Spring-Cold"; Fjolkald, "Very Cold." Gering suggests that, by giving these fictitious names, Svipdag wishes to make Fjolsvith believe that he, too, is of giant kin.
		"I am called Svipdag, Solbjare (a) [was] my father; here wandered I wind-cold(b) ways; 'gainst Urth's decree 'it is idle to strive, though loath be your lot."(c)
	stavacademy.co.uk /mimir/fjolv.htm (1758 words)

	7.10 Svipdag odes
		Only Svipdag; to him the sunbright maid is trothplight for spouse.
		It is still unknown whether Menglad will deign to take me for her joy.
		48: SVIPDAG: Both have we yearned; I have longed for you, and you to meet me.
	home.tiscali.dk /6x105520/html/uk710.htm (1512 words)

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