Skírnismál

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Eddic poem Old Norse poem

Skírnismál is an Old Norse poem from the Poetic Edda that recounts the god Freyr’s wooing of the giantess Gerðr through his servant Skírnir.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Skírnismál canonical 2
Skírnismál in the Poetic Edda 1
“The Lay of Skírnir” 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eddic poem ⓘ
Old Norse poem ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Freyr ⓘ
associatedWithMythology Norse mythology ⓘ
centralTheme courtship through an intermediary ⓘ
threats and magical coercion ⓘ
wooing of Gerðr by Freyr ⓘ
containsMotif bargain with a giantess ⓘ
cursing ritual ⓘ
journey to Jötunheimar ⓘ
magical binding ⓘ
containsObject Freyr’s sword ⓘ
Skírnir’s staff ⓘ
Draupnir ⓘ
surface form: ring Draupnir (in some interpretations)
culture medieval Icelandic literature ⓘ
dateOfComposition likely 10th–13th century ⓘ
featuresCharacter Freyr ⓘ
Gerðr ⓘ
Njord ⓘ
surface form: Njörðr

Skaði ⓘ
Skírnir ⓘ
jǫtnar ⓘ
Aesir ⓘ
surface form: Æsir
form dialogue poem ⓘ
genre mythological poem ⓘ
hasTitleMeaning Skírnismál self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: “The Lay of Skírnir”
includesElement binding curse on Gerðr’s fate ⓘ
galdr (magic incantation) ⓘ
gandr (magic staff or wand) ⓘ
language Old Norse ⓘ
literaryTradition Germanic heroic and mythic verse ⓘ
manuscriptCentury 13th century ⓘ
meter fornyrðislag ⓘ
narrativeSummary Freyr falls in love with Gerðr and sends Skírnir to woo her ⓘ
Gerðr agrees to meet Freyr after being threatened with powerful magic ⓘ
Skírnir offers gifts and then threatens Gerðr with curses to secure her promise ⓘ
originalScript runic-derived Latin script ⓘ
partOf Poetic Edda ⓘ
preservedIn Codex Regius ⓘ
primaryAction Skírnir’s mission as Freyr’s messenger ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Iceland ⓘ
relatedWork Grímnismál ⓘ
Lokasenna ⓘ
Vafþrúðnismál ⓘ
scholarlyTopic fertility cult of Freyr ⓘ
gender and power dynamics in Norse myth ⓘ
pagan ritual and magic ⓘ
setting Jotunheim ⓘ
surface form: Jötunheimar

Asgard ⓘ
surface form: Ásgarðr
structure alternating speeches ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Poetic Edda → contains → Skírnismál ⓘ
Gerd → appearsIn → Skírnismál ⓘ
Gerd → sourceText → Skírnismál ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skírnismál in the Poetic Edda
Skírnismál → hasTitleMeaning → Skírnismál self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “The Lay of Skírnir”