Élivágar rivers
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The Élivágar rivers are a group of primordial, venomous streams in Norse mythology whose icy waters helped give rise to the first giant and the creation of the world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Élivágar rivers canonical | 2 |
| river Gjöll | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cosmological element in Norse mythology
ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ mythological rivers ⓘ primordial rivers ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ginnungagap
ⓘ
Niflheim ⓘ Ymir ⓘ creation of the world in Norse mythology ⓘ jötnar ⓘ primordial chaos ⓘ |
| category |
Norse cosmology
ⓘ
Norse mythological rivers ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | heat from Muspelheim ⓘ |
| cosmologicalRole | participates in interaction of ice and fire that creates life ⓘ |
| cosmologicalStatus | exists before the gods in Norse mythology ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Gylfaginning
ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ |
| etymology | Old Norse term often glossed as "ice waves" or "stormy waves" ⓘ |
| flowsFrom | Hvergelmir ⓘ |
| hasElement |
ice
ⓘ
rime ⓘ venom ⓘ |
| hasOriginIn | Norse mythology ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
icy
ⓘ
poisonous ⓘ primordial ⓘ venomous ⓘ |
| influencedFormationOf |
Ymir
ⓘ
frost giants ⓘ world structure in Norse cosmology ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Norse ⓘ |
| locatedInMythicCosmosRegion | Niflheim ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| mythologicalFunction |
source of rime and ice in Ginnungagap
ⓘ
source of venom that hardened into ice ⓘ |
| numberOfRivers | multiple ⓘ |
| partOf | Norse mythological cosmogony ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Hvergelmir
ⓘ
Muspelheim ⓘ frost giants ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
contributed to the formation of the first being Ymir
ⓘ
helped shape the cosmos from Ginnungagap ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
river Gjöll
subject surface form:
Hvergelmir