Gullveig - Gullveig Part 6
Gullveig Gold-Thirst / Battle of the gods / Battle of the gods / provoker of war Previous post in this series: Hyrrokkin - Gullveig Part 5 We have but one attestation of the name Gullveig in the sources… which immediately strikes me as odd given her role and impact on the myths. However, for being just a tiny bit of information, we are informed of so much: The Death of Gullveig - Willie Pogany - 1920 Voluspa 21 The war I remember, | the first in the world, When the gods with spears | had smitten Gollveig, And in the hall | of Hor had burned her, Three times burned, | and three times born, Oft and again, | yet ever she lives. Here, as previously discussed, we learn that Gullveig is killed in Odin's hall, where the first War of the Gods began. It can also be inferred based upon the swapping between first person and third person throughout the poem that Gullveig is also the Seer in this poem. Frølich, Lorenz. Oðinn Casting His Spear. From: Ældre Eddas Gudesange. Translate...