Hræsvelgr
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Hræsvelgr (Old Norse)is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is portrayed as the eagle-shaped originator of the wind.
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Vinony's link graph records 525 inbound references to Hræsvelgr, and connects out to Freyja, Forseti and Swedish.
It is catalogued under topics including Jötnar, Mythological birds of prey and Mythological Norse birds.
Vinony links it to 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- eagle
- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Gender
- male
- Creator
- wind
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- described by source
- Poetic Edda
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Hræsvelgr (Old Norse)is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is portrayed as the eagle-shaped originator of the wind.
==Name== The Old Norse name Hræsvelgr has been translated as 'corpse-swallower', or as 'shipwreck-current'.
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