Gungnir
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thumb|right|upright|Lee Lawrie, Odin (1939). Library of Congress [[John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]]
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- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Owned by
- Odin
- Creator
- sons of Ivaldi
- Image
- Odin holding Gungnir atop Sleipnir by Frølich.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Attestations
- ''Poetic Edda''
- ''Prose Edda''
- Archaeological record
- In the ''Ring of the Nibelung''
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|right|upright|Lee Lawrie, Odin (1939). Library of Congress [[John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.]]
In Norse mythology, Gungnir (, "the rocking") is the spear of the god Odin. It is known for always hitting the target of the attacker regardless of the attacker's skill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gungnir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.