Tanngrisnir

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Tanngrisnir is one of the two magical goats in Norse mythology that serve as Thor’s steeds, pulling his thunderous chariot and being able to be eaten and resurrected.

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Label Occurrences
Tanngrisnir canonical 4

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse mythological creature
Thor’s steed
fictional character
mythological goat
mythological horse
appearsInMyth Thor’s visit to the peasant’s farm
appearsInWork Poetic Edda
Prose Edda
associatedWith Thor’s chariot
surface form: chariot of Thor

storms
thunder
associatedWithDeity Thor
canBeEatenBy Thor
countryOfOrigin Norse culture
culture Norse mythology
diet magically restored goat meat
eatenAndResurrectedIn Prose Edda
employer Thor
genre mythology
hasCanonicalCompanion Tanngnjóstr
hasMagicalAbility regeneration of flesh from bones
resurrection after being eaten
hasSexOrGender male
isOneOf Thor’s two goats
isResurrectedBy Thor
languageOfName Old Norse language
surface form: Old Norse
modeOfTransportationFor Thor
nameMeaning “teeth-barer”
narrativeRole Thor’s means of travel across the sky
notableFeature bones must remain unbroken for resurrection
partner Tanngnjóstr
pulls Thor’s chariot
pullsTogetherWith Tanngnjóstr
serves Thor
species goat
symbolOf renewal
sacrifice and rebirth
transportationMedium sky
universe Norse mythological cosmology

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thor chariotPulledBy Tanngrisnir
Norse god Thor chariotPulledBy Tanngrisnir
subject surface form: Thor
Tanngnjóstr partner Tanngrisnir
Þórr goat Tanngrisnir