location of Iðavöllr and constructed a hörgr and a hof (Henry Adams Bellows and Ursula Dronke here gloss hörgr as "temples"): In the poem Vafþrúðnismál... 9 KB (876 words) - 20:42, 15 September 2023 |
Vingólf is one of the buildings of the gods. It is described as the hall or hörgr of the goddesses and also as a place where righteous men and those slain... 7 KB (437 words) - 14:48, 15 September 2023 |
Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral Yule Walpurgis Night Midsummer Hörgr Heathen hof Vé (shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress... 74 KB (8,552 words) - 21:46, 1 May 2024 |
said to be very pious to the goddesses. He built a shrine of stones, a hörgr, and on it made many offerings to Freyja. The goddess answered his prayers... 1 KB (199 words) - 19:40, 1 May 2024 |
built Vingólf for the female gods, which is described as both a hall and a hörgr, and a forge with which they crafted objects from gold. After Ragnarök,... 16 KB (1,881 words) - 08:22, 18 February 2024 |
throughout the poem, and at one point praises Óttar for constructing a hörgr (an altar of stones) and frequently making blót (sacrifices) to her: Freyja... 59 KB (6,945 words) - 12:46, 12 April 2024 |
associated with the great festivals and the fenced area to have contained a hörgr. This complex is similar to others found in Scandinavia., such as Borg in... 47 KB (6,979 words) - 19:21, 25 September 2023 |
as an offering to Wodan. Look up lác in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hörgr Blót Oxford English Dictionary Grimm, Deutsches Wörterbuch Rudolf Koegel... 6 KB (721 words) - 19:39, 11 January 2024 |
whence the Van god Njörðr came, for, though he rules over many hofs and hörgrs, Njörðr was not raised among the Æsir. Vafþrúðnir responds that Njörðr was... 6 KB (616 words) - 12:19, 16 March 2023 |
mythological timeline, the gods met together at Iðavöllr and constructed hörgrs and hofs: At Ithavoll met the mighty gods; Shrines and temples they timbered... 3 KB (333 words) - 08:52, 5 May 2024 |
OHG harug ON hǫrgr – From Pre-Ger. *karkú-. Probably borrowed from the same non-Indo-European source as PCelt. *karrikā ('stone'). See hörgr for further... 72 KB (1,709 words) - 16:41, 9 May 2024 |
Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral Yule Walpurgis Night Midsummer Hörgr Heathen hof Vé (shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress... 38 KB (4,983 words) - 00:07, 1 May 2024 |
Viking Age, it appears to have displaced older terms for a sacred place, vé, hörgr, lundr, vangr, and vin, particularly in the West Norse linguistic area,... 57 KB (8,009 words) - 20:42, 9 May 2024 |
were employed, but terms for the shrines show some level of ambiguity: Hörgrs, which may have originally exclusively referred to "holy places", whereas... 56 KB (6,246 words) - 16:19, 19 April 2024 |
of Alfheim, was kidnapped by Starkad Aludreng while she was reddening a horgr with blood. This suggests that the rite was performed by women, especially... 6 KB (708 words) - 06:36, 26 December 2023 |
Rituals and worship Blót Seiðr Norse funeral Yule Walpurgis Night Midsummer Hörgr Heathen hof Vé (shrine) Gothi Early Germanic calendars Runic magic Seeress... 2 KB (313 words) - 21:50, 22 February 2024 |
the sons of the Æsir," that Njörðr rules over quite a lot of temples and hörgrs (a type of Germanic altar), and further adds that Njörðr was not raised... 25 KB (3,310 words) - 18:11, 5 April 2024 |