Ífingr

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cosmological boundary entity in Norse mythology mythological river

Ífingr is the mythic river in Norse cosmology that forms the boundary between the realm of the gods and the land of the giants.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ífingr canonical	3
Ifingr	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cosmological boundary ⓘ entity in Norse mythology ⓘ mythological river ⓘ
appearsIn	Norse cosmology ⓘ
associatedWithGroup	jötnar ⓘ Aesir ⓘ surface form: Æsir
cosmologicalFunction	boundary marker in the Norse cosmos ⓘ
culturalOrigin	medieval Icelandic literary tradition ⓘ
describedAs	river that never freezes over ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween	Jotunheim ⓘ surface form: Jötunheimr Asgard ⓘ surface form: Ásgarðr
hasCharacteristic	does not freeze even in great cold ⓘ perpetually flowing ⓘ
hasEtymologyHypothesis	possibly related to Old Norse words for doubt or uncertainty ⓘ
hasNameInOldNorse	Ífingr self-link ⓘ
hasSourceTextAuthor	Snorri Sturluson ⓘ
languageOfAttestation	Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
locatedBetween	land of the giants ⓘ land of the gods ⓘ
mentionedIn	Gylfaginning ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ
mythologicalTradition	Germanic peoples ⓘ surface form: Germanic
neverFreezes	true ⓘ
partOf	Norse mythological geography ⓘ
roleInMythology	cosmic border between gods and giants ⓘ
separates	Ásgarðr and Jötunheimr ⓘ
separatesRealmOf	jötnar ⓘ Aesir ⓘ surface form: Æsir gods
symbolizes	division between order and chaos ⓘ separation between divine and monstrous beings ⓘ

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

Jotunheim → separatedBy → Ífingr ⓘ

Ífingr → hasNameInOldNorse → Ífingr self-link ⓘ

river Ifing → nameVariant → Ífingr ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ifingr