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    bench", or "treasure bank"). At Sökkvabekkr, Sága and the god Odin merrily drink as cool waves flow. Both Sága and Sökkvabekkr are attested in the Poetic Edda...
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    Fensalir (category Bogs, fens and marshes in mythology)
    between the goddess Sága's Sökkvabekkr and Fensalir, the open drinking between Sága and Odin, and the potential etymological basis for Sága being a seeress...
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    Grímnismál describe lakes and bogs as the dwellings of female gods. Frigg lives in Fensalir ("Fen halls") and Sága lives in Sökkvabekkr ("Sunken benches") where...
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