Lóðurr
Sign in to savethumb|330px|Odin, Lóðurr, and [[Hœnir create the first humans, Askr and Embla.]] Lóðurr (Old Norse: ; also Lodur or Lodurr) is a god in Norse mythology. In the poem , he is assigned a role in animating the first humans, but apart from that he is hardly ever mentioned, and remains obscure. Scholars have variously identified him with Loki, Vé, Vili, and Freyr, but consensus has not been reached on any one theory.
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- Name and etymology
- Attestations
- Völuspá
- Other attestations
- Nordendorf fibula
- Theories
- References
- Citations
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thumb|330px|Odin, Lóðurr, and [[Hœnir create the first humans, Askr and Embla.]] Lóðurr (Old Norse: ; also Lodur or Lodurr) is a god in Norse mythology. In the poem , he is assigned a role in animating the first humans, but apart from that he is hardly ever mentioned, and remains obscure. Scholars have variously identified him with Loki, Vé, Vili, and Freyr, but consensus has not been reached on any one theory.
== Name and etymology == The name's meaning is unknown. It has been speculatively linked to various Old Norse words, such as , "fruit, land", , "people" and , "to attract". The Gothic words , "to grow" and , "shape", as well as the German word , "to blaze", have also been mentioned in this context.
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