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Sæhrímnir

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attestation quotes, as not referring to the creature as any specific type. Those scholars who recognize a difference in the taxonomy of the creature between the two sources have commented on the matter, further issues have been raised about the apparently contradictory etymology of the name of the
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in disguise) comments that "you say that all those men that have fallen in battle since the beginning of the world have now come to Odin in Val-hall. What has he got to offer them food? I should have thought that there must be a pretty large number there." High replies that it is true there are a
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to heroes differed from those offered to gods: a god had only the viscera and fat of the beast presented to him, and was content with the mounting odour; a deified hero must have the very flesh and blood to consume. Thus the einherjar admitted into
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creature in relation to its apparent status as a boar, and some scholars have theorized that the ritual killing of the animal may ultimately stem from religious practices in
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comes." However, High adds that food is not a problem because there will never be so many people in Valhalla that the meat of Sæhrímnir (which he specifically calls a
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is, in modern scholarship, commonly proposed to mean "sooty sea-beast" or "sooty sea-animal" (which may be connected to Old Norse
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stanza in support. Gangleri then asks if Odin eats the same, to which High responds that Odin gives the food on his table to
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pretty large number of men there, adding many more have yet to arrive, yet that "there will seem too few when
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Teutonic Mythology: Translated from the Fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix by James Stallybrass
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comments that the theme of the eternally renewing beast is also found in myths of the god
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in disguise) comments on the creature. Translations of the stanza vary:
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Anthropomorphic wooden cult figurines of Central and Northern Europe
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feast on the boiled flesh of the boar Sæhrîmnir, and drink with the
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A final mention of the beast appears in a list of hog names in the
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Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs
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Orchard (1997:136), Lindow (2001:263), and Simek (2007:273).
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people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic legend
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is the creature killed and eaten every night by the
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London: George Bell and Sons. 187:but few know how many Einheriar it feeds. 342:) and may point to sacrificial rites in 109:is problematic; in contradiction to the 416: 117:) description of the animal as a boar, 7: 521:The American-Scandinavian Foundation 427:connection is from Simek (2007:273). 1557:named weapons, armour and treasures 644:The Elder Edda of Saemund Sigfusson 602:Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend 137:Sæhrímnir is mentioned once in the 2734:Heathenry (new religious movement) 621:(2007) translated by Angela Hall. 526:Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). 208:The best of food, but few men know 14: 113:(and, depending upon translator, 55:, written in the 13th century by 1397:Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri 623:Dictionary of Northern Mythology 211:On what fare the warriors feast. 178:Andhrimnir makes, in Eldhrimnir, 229:Sæhrímnir, the boar, is boiled, 202:In Eldrhimnir Andrhrimnir cooks 1834:Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán 1: 2760:Creatures in Norse mythology 205:Sæhrimnir’s seething flesh,— 2770:Mythological food and drink 1904:Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr 340:Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr 259:on what the Einheriar feed. 256:But there are few that know 16:Creature in Norse mythology 2793: 2571:Festivals and holy periods 226:By Andhrímnir in Eldrímnir 66:quotes this stanza in the 1839:Nine Mothers of Heimdallr 1552:named animals and plants 696: 565:University of Texas Press 406:Rebirth in Norse religion 1660:Black elves (Svartálfar) 62:The enthroned figure of 35:. 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(1990). 557:Hollander, Lee M. 499:Grimm (1882:386). 490:Simek (2007:273). 436:Thorpe (1907:21). 375:Germanic paganism 371:worship of heroes 278:, Gangleri (king 267: 266: 247: 223: 199: 175: 141:and twice in the 91:Germanic paganism 2782: 2487: 2405: 2172:Grove of fetters 1965: 1672:Fjalar (rooster) 1432:Fjalar and Galar 726: 679: 672: 665: 656: 642:(Trans) (1866). 640:Thorpe, Benjamin 500: 497: 491: 488: 482: 479: 473: 470: 464: 461: 455: 452: 446: 443: 437: 434: 428: 421: 242: 220:Lee M. 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Index

Norse mythology
Æsir
einherjar
Andhrímnir
Eldhrímnir
Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
High
Gylfaginning
boar
Germanic paganism
Old Norse
Grímnir
Odin
Benjamin Thorpe
Henry Adams Bellows
Lee M. Hollander
Anthony Faulkes
Gylfi
the wolf
boar
his wolves
Nafnaþulur
Skáldskaparmál
Rudolf Simek
Thor
Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr
shamanic
Snorri

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