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Hyrrokin /  Hyrrokkin  Flame smoked / 'fire-withered' or 'fire-steamer' Previous post in this series:  Angrboða - Gullveig Part 4 The appearance of Hyrrokkin is a strange one.  The saga of  Gylfaginning 49  is taken from a collection of 10th century poems called  Húsdrápa  by skaldic poet Úlfr Uggason, but sadly only fragments remain (12 verses) that are preserved in Snorri's Edda, but they tell us of various myths, but of interest is Baldr's Funeral and the presence of Hyrrokkin. This is one of only a few surviving references to Hyrrokkin. In  Gylfaginning 49 , the Aesir are having trouble getting the boat containing Baldr's funeral pyre out to sea. We are told of this enigmatic Jotun, who rides on a wolf with snakes for reigns, called upon by Odin: "Then word was sent to Jötunheim after that giantess who is called Hyrrokkin. When she had come, riding a wolf and having a viper for bridle, then she leaped off the steed; and Odin called to fou...