Gjálp and Greip
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Gjálp and Greip are two jötnar in Norse mythology and the daughters of the jötunn Geirröðr. They are killed by the thunder god Thor for trying to kill him.
Thor's Journey to Geirrodsgard (1906) by Lorenz Frølich.
Nine Mothers of Heimdallr
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In Norse mythology, the Nine Mothers of Heimdallr are nine sisters who gave birth to the god Heimdallr by the god Odin. The Nine Mothers of Heimdallr are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13t
Gjálp and Greip
…Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, 8:14:15, trans. P. Fisher, 2015. In Völuspá hin skamma (37), Gjálp and Greip are listed among the Nine Mothers of Heimdallr. Gjálp is also mentioned in the þulur and in kennings of skaldic poetry. Greip on her side is not mentioned in Nafnaþulur and found only once in the…
Heimdal and his Nine Mothers by W. G. Collingwood (1908), in which Heimdallr's nine mothers are depicted as sea waves
Heimdallr lifted by the Nine Wave Maidens by Karl Ehrenberg (1882), depicts Heimdallr's mothers as "wave maidens"