Tanngnjóstr

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Thor’s goat creature in Norse mythology mythological goat

Tanngnjóstr is one of Thor’s two mythic goats in Norse mythology, known for pulling his chariot and being repeatedly slaughtered and resurrected.

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Label	Occurrences
Tanngnjóstr canonical	6

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Thor’s goat ⓘ creature in Norse mythology ⓘ mythological goat ⓘ
ability	can be slaughtered and resurrected ⓘ provides meat for Thor and his companions ⓘ
appearsIn	Gylfaginning ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
associatedWith	Mjolnir ⓘ surface form: Mjölnir Thor ⓘ Thor’s chariot ⓘ
category	Mythological goats ⓘ Norse legendary creatures ⓘ
conditionForResurrection	bones must remain unbroken ⓘ
culture	Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
diet	mythic fodder ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
mentionedBy	Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
mythology	Norse mythology ⓘ
nameMeaning	teeth-grinder ⓘ
owner	Thor ⓘ
partner	Tanngrisnir ⓘ
pulls	Thor’s wagon ⓘ
pullsChariotOf	Thor ⓘ
realmAssociatedWith	Asgard ⓘ
resurrectionBy	Thor ⓘ
species	goat ⓘ
symbolism	renewal ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ sustenance for the gods ⓘ
transportRole	draws Thor’s chariot across sky ⓘ

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

Thor → chariotPulledBy → Tanngnjóstr ⓘ

Norse god Thor → chariotPulledBy → Tanngnjóstr ⓘ

subject surface form: Thor

Tanngrisnir → partner → Tanngnjóstr ⓘ

Tanngrisnir → pullsTogetherWith → Tanngnjóstr ⓘ

Tanngrisnir → hasCanonicalCompanion → Tanngnjóstr ⓘ

Þórr → goat → Tanngnjóstr ⓘ