Bragi is shown with a harp and accompanied by his wife Iðunn in this 19th-century painting by Nils Blommér.

Bragi is the skaldic god of poetry in Norse mythology.

Bragi is generally associated with bragr, the Norse word for poetry.

A connection between the name Bragi and English brego ' chieftain ' has been suggested but is generally now discounted.

A connection between Bragi and the bragarfull ' promise cup ' is sometimes suggested, as bragafull, an alternate form of the word, might be translated as ' Bragi's cup '.

That Bragi is Odin's son is clearly mentioned only here and in some versions of a list of the sons of Odin ( see Sons of Odin ).

If Bragi's mother is Frigg, then Frigg is somewhat dismissive of Bragi in the Lokasenna in stanza 27 when Frigg complains that if she had a son in Ægir's hall as brave as Baldr then Loki would have to fight for his life.

In that poem Bragi at first forbids Loki to enter the hall but is overruled by Odin.

The first part of Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál is a dialogue between Ægir and Bragi about the nature of poetry, particularly skaldic poetry.

Bragi Boddason is discussed below.

Bragi is then mentioned, questioning how Odin knows that it is Eric and why Odin has let such a king die.

In the poem Hákonarmál, Hákon the Good is taken to Valhalla by the valkyrie Göndul and Odin sends Hermóðr and Bragi to greet him.

Bragi son of Hálfdan the Old is mentioned only in the Skjáldskaparmál.

Bragi, from whom the Bragnings are sprung ( that is the race of Hálfdan the Generous ).

is: Bragi ( norræn goðafræði )

In chapter 50, a section of Ragnarsdrápa by the 9th century skald Bragi Boddason is quoted that refers to Hel, the being, as " the monstrous wolf's sister.

The skaldic god Bragi is the first to respond to Loki by telling him that Loki will not have a seat and place assigned to him by the gods at the feast, for the gods know what men they should invite.

Loki replies that Bragi is brave when seated, calling him a " bench-ornament ," and that Bragi would run away when troubled by an angry, spirited man.

In the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, a scenario describing an encounter between an unnamed troll woman and the 9th century skald Bragi Boddason is provided.

A quote from a work by the 9th century skald Bragi Boddason is presented that confirms the description.

Moreover, Björn and his court skald Bragi the Old are mentioned also in Skáldatal, where a second court skald also is mentioned, Erpr lútandi.

The appearance of Bragi in the Lokasenna indicates that if these two Bragis were originally the same, they have become separated for that author also, or that chronology has become very muddled and Bragi Boddason has been relocated to mythological time.

Iðunn says that she won't say words of blame in Ægir's hall, and affirms that she quietened Bragi, who was made talkative by beer, and that she doesn't want the two of them to fight.

In the Old Norse Eiríksmál it is Sigmund and his nephew Sinfjötli (= Fitela ) who are sent to greet the dead King Eirík Bloodaxe and welcome him to Valhalla while in the Hákonarmál it is Bragi and Hermóðr who are sent to greet King Hákon the Good in the same situation, potentially suggesting an equivalence between the two was seen.

In various kennings Snorri also describes Heimdall, Bragi, Tyr and Höd as sons of Odin, information that appears nowhere else in the Edda.

In the Volsunga saga, the kings Högne and Granmar also appear, and in this saga, Högne has the sons Bragi and Dag, and a daughter Sigrun who he had promised to Granmar's son Hothbrodd.

Helgi kills both Högne, Bragi, Dag and Granmar's sons Hothbrodd, Gudmund and Starkad.

Bragi, holding a harp, sings before his wife Iðunn ( 1895 ) by Lorenz Frølich.

" Bragi " by Carl Wahlbom ( 1810-1858 ).

" Loki Taunts Bragi " ( 1908 ) by W. G. Collingwood.

Bragi generously offers his sword, horse, and an arm ring as peace gift but Loki only responds by accusing Bragi of cowardice, of being the most afraid to fight of any of the Æsir and Elves within the hall.

Whether Bragi the god originally arose as a deified version of Bragi Boddason was much debated in the 19th century, especially by the German scholars Eugen Mogk and Sophus Bugge.

This Bragi was reckoned as the first skaldic poet, and was certainly the earliest skaldic poet then remembered by name whose verse survived in memory.

Loki taunts Bragi ( 1908 ) by W. G. Collingwood

Further in Skáldskaparmál, the skaldic god Bragi recounds the death of Skaði's father Þjazi by the Æsir.

Bragi offers Loki a horse, a ring and a sword to placate him ; Loki, however, is spoiling for a fight, and insults Bragi by questioning his courage.

In Valhalla, Haakon is greeted by Hermóðr and Bragi.

Skáldskaparmál ( Old Icelandic " the language of poetry ") is the third section of the Prose Edda, and consists of a dialogue between Ægir, a god associated with the sea, and Bragi, a skaldic god, in which both Nordic mythology and discourse on the nature of poetry are intertwined.

* Bragi Boddason " the Old " ( early 9th century ), author of Ragnarsdrápa

Bragi the Old gamli was king of Valdres and father of Agnar, father of Álf, father of Eirík ( Eiríkr ), father of Hild ( Hildr ) the mother of Halfdan the Generous, the father of Gudröd ( Guðrǫðr ) the Hunter, father of Halfdan the Black, father of Harald Fairhair.

Snorri especially quotes passages from Bragi's Ragnarsdrápa, a poem supposedly composed in honor of the famous legendary Viking Ragnar Lodbrók (' Hairy-breeches ') describing the images on a decorated shield which Ragnar had given to Bragi.

In the subsequent battle of Frekastein ( probably one of the 300 hill forts of Södermanland, as stein meant " hill fort ") against Högni and Grammar, all the chieftains on Granmar's side are slain, including Bragi, except for Bragi's brother Dag.

At a point in dialogue between the skaldic god Bragi and Ægir, Snorri himself begins speaking of the myths in euhemeristic terms and states that the historical equivalent of Víðarr was the Trojan hero Aeneas who survived the Trojan War and went on to achieve " great deeds ".

: Bragi, on yonder bench.

:" Valiant on thy seat art thou, Bragi!

Bragi then goes on to discuss poetic language in some detail, in particular heiti, the concept of poetical words which are non-periphrastic, for example " steed " for " horse ", and again systematises these.

These depictions include " Idun " ( statue, 1821 ) by H. E. Freund, " Idun " ( statue, 1843 ) and " Idun som bortrövas av jätten Tjasse i örnhamn " ( plaster statue, 1856 ) by C. G. Qvarnström, " Brage sittande vid harpan, Idun stående bakom honom " ( 1846 ) by Nils Blommér, " Iduns Rückkehr nach Valhalla " by C. Hansen ( resulting in an 1862 woodcut modeled on the painting by C. Hammer ), " Bragi und Idun, Balder und Nanna " ( drawing, 1882 ) by K. Ehrenberg, " Idun and the Apples " ( 1890 ) by J. Doyle Penrose, " Brita as Iduna " ( 1901 ) by Carl Larsson, " Loki och Idun " ( 1911 ) by John Bauer, " Idun " ( watercolor, 1905 ) by B. E. Ward, and " Idun " ( 1901 ) by E. Doepler.

The Sugarcubes formed on June 8, 1986, with vocalist Björk, Björk's then-husband Þór ( Thor ) Eldon on guitar, and Bragi Olafsson on bass.

The bragarfull " promise-cup " or bragafull " best cup " or " chieftain's cup " ( compare Bragi ) was in Norse culture a particular drinking from a cup or drinking horn on ceremonial occasions, often involving the swearing of oaths when the cup or horn was drunk by a chieftain or passed around and drunk by those assembled.

Bragi Ólafsson ( born in Reykjavík, Iceland on 11 August 1962 ) is a musician and a writer.

Bragi and Einar Örn Benediktsson ( trumpet / vocals ) had released records on Einar's own label, Gramm.

Bragi, meanwhile, has continued to work on Bad Taste Ltd., the company formed by the Sugarcubes to publish poetry and sign other bands but is no longer a practising musician.

* An article about Bragi Ólafsson on the Icelandic Literature website

Skaldic poetry can be traced to the earlier 9th century with Bragi Boddason and his Ragnarsdrápa, the oldest surviving Norse poem besides the poem preserved epigraphically on the Eggjum stone.

The order of the names is the same and it is explained that Hildir, Sigar, and Lofdi were war-kings ; Audi, Budli, and Næfil were sea-kings, while Dag, Skelfir, and Bragi remained on their lands.

Snorri especially quotes passages from Bragi's Ragnarsdrápa, a poem supposedly composed in honor of the famous legendary Viking Ragnar Lodbrók (' Hairy-breeches ') describing the images on a decorated shield which Ragnar had given to Bragi.

Bragi describes the images on a decorated shield which Ragnar had given to him.

Her mother made her half-brothers Hamdir and Sörli exact revenge on her death, a story which is retold in Hamðismál and Guðrúnarhvöt, Bragi Boddason's Ragnarsdrápa, in the Völsunga saga and in Gesta Danorum.