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Skírnir agrees to undertake a journey to woo Gerðr, and Freyr furnishes him with his magical steed and sword.
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Skírnir and agrees
In the Poetic Edda Gerðr initially refuses, yet after a series of threats by Skírnir she finally agrees.
In both sources, Gerðr agrees to meet Freyr at a fixed time at the location of Barri and, after Skírnir returns with Gerðr's response, Freyr laments that the meeting could not occur sooner.
Skírnir and woo
Gerðr, the daughter of Gymir bids him enter the hall ; without further ado, Skírnir tries to woo Gerðr on Freyr's behalf, offering first gifts then threats ( in other versions Skírnir does not use threats but manages to successfully woo Gerðr ).
Davidson notes a connection between apples and the Vanir, a tribe of gods associated with fertility in Norse mythology, citing an instance of eleven " golden apples " being given to woo the beautiful Gerðr by Skírnir, who was acting as messenger for the major Vanir god Freyr in stanzas 19 and 20 of Skírnismál.
Skírnir and Gerðr
It was offered as a gift by Freyr's servant Skírnir in the wooing of Gerðr, which is described in the poem Skírnismál.
In the Poetic Edda poem Skírnismál, Skírnir is sent as a messenger to Jötunheimr to conduct Freyr's wooing of the fair Gerðr on condition of being given Freyr's sword as a reward.
Skírnir also threatens Gerðr with his gambantein, a magic wand.
In Skírnismál, the beautiful jötunn Gerðr first encounters the god Freyr's messenger Skírnir, and asks him if he is of the elves, of the Æsir, or of the " wise Vanir.
Later in the poem, Skírnir is successful in his threats against Gerðr ( to have Gerðr accept Freyr's affections ), and Gerðr offers Skírnir a crystal cup full of mead, noting that she never thought that she would love one of the Vanir.
The circumstances surrounding the event are not given but it is stated that since Freyr had given his sword to his servant Skírnir before sending him to court Gerðr, he was weaponless and therefore used the antler of a hart to kill the giant.
In both the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, Freyr sees Gerðr from a distance, becomes deeply lovesick at the sight of her shimmering beauty, and has his servant Skírnir go to Jötunheimr ( where Gerðr and her father Gymir reside ) to gain her love.
Freyr's page, Skírnir, first attempted to bribe Gerðr then subsequently had to threaten Gerðr with banishment and a life devoid of pleasure in order to convince her to lie with Freyr.
Skírnir and Freyr
Njörðr then sends for Skírnir to find out who he seems to be so angry at, and, not looking forward to being treated roughly, Skírnir reluctantly goes to Freyr.
The god Njörðr asks Freyr's servant Skírnir to talk to Freyr, and in the first stanza of the poem, Skaði also tells Skírnir to ask Freyr why he is so upset.
Skírnir responds that he expects harsh words from their son Freyr.
The poem itself starts with the wife of Njörðr, bidding Skírnir to ask of Freyr why he is so sad.
Skírnir reports to Freyr, who asks him:
Freyr has a page named Skírnir.
Freyr's father Njörðr and, in verse, the goddess Skaði tell Skírnir to find out what is the matter with Freyr.
An exchange occurs between Freyr and Skírnir in verse, where Freyr tells Skírnir that he has seen a wonderous girl with shining arms at the home of ( her father ) Gymir, yet that the gods and elves do not wish for the two to be together:
Skírnir and with
The poem then continues with further threats by Skírnir condemning Gerd to a life of misery.
Skírnir and .
The Æsir started to fear that they would not be able to bind Fenrir, and so Odin sent Freyr's messenger Skírnir down into the land of Svartálfaheimr to " some dwarfs " and had them make a fetter called Gleipnir.
He has the servants Skírnir, Byggvir, and Beyla.
In Norse mythology, Skírnir ( Old Norse " bright one ") is the god Freyr's messenger and vassal.
In chapter 34 of the Prose Edda poem Gylfaginning, Skírnir is also sent to dwarfs in order to have them to make the restraint Gleipnir for the purpose of binding the wolf Fenrir.
" Skírnir responds that he is not of any of the three groups.
Skírnismál ( Sayings of Skírnir ) is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda.
Skírnir, fearing his master's wrath, nevertheless does as he is bidden.
Skírnir duly fetches up in Jötunheimr, at the hall of the giant Gymir.
agrees and undertake
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