Hymiskviða

E369527
Eddic poem Old Norse poem mythological poem

Hymiskviða is an Old Norse Eddic poem that recounts the mythic exploits of the gods—especially Thor and the giant Hymir—within the broader corpus of Norse mythology.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hymiskviða canonical 4
Hymiskviða in the Poetic Edda 1
The Lay of Hymir 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eddic poem ⓘ
Old Norse poem ⓘ
mythological poem ⓘ
anonymous true ⓘ
associatedCreature Jormungandr ⓘ
surface form: Jörmungandr
associatedDeity Thor ⓘ
Týr ⓘ
containsEpisode Thor and Hymir go fishing for Jörmungandr ⓘ
Thor obtains Hymir’s great cauldron ⓘ
culture medieval Icelandic literature ⓘ
featuresCharacter Týr ⓘ
giants ⓘ
Aesir ⓘ
surface form: Æsir
genre Eddic poetry ⓘ
mythological Edda ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Hymiskviða self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Lay of Hymir

Hymiskviða self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Poem of Hymir
language Old Norse ⓘ
literaryForm alliterative verse ⓘ
literaryTradition Old Norse literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Hymir ⓘ
Thor ⓘ
meter fornyrðislag ⓘ
mythology Norse mythology ⓘ
narrativeFocus Thor’s expedition to the giant Hymir ⓘ
Thor’s fishing for the Midgard serpent ⓘ
acquisition of a brewing cauldron ⓘ
origin Iceland ⓘ
partOf Poetic Edda ⓘ
preservedIn Codex Regius ⓘ
relatedMyth Thor’s fishing trip for the Midgard Serpent ⓘ
surface form: Thor’s fishing for the Midgard serpent
relatedWork Gylfaginning ⓘ
Þrymskviða ⓘ
scholarlyField Old Norse studies ⓘ
studiedIn Norse mythology scholarship ⓘ
textualTransmission medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
theme conflict between gods and giants ⓘ
feasting of the gods ⓘ
heroic strength of Thor ⓘ
quest for a magical object ⓘ
timeOfComposition likely 12th–13th century ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Tyr → mentionedIn → Hymiskviða ⓘ
Týr → mentionedIn → Hymiskviða ⓘ
Hymir → appearsIn → Hymiskviða ⓘ
Hymir → source → Hymiskviða ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hymiskviða in the Poetic Edda
World Serpent → mentionedIn → Hymiskviða ⓘ
Hymiskviða → hasTitleInEnglish → Hymiskviða self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Lay of Hymir
Hymiskviða → hasTitleInEnglish → Hymiskviða self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Poem of Hymir