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.

This Bragi is the sixth of the second of two groups of nine sons fathered by King Hálfdan the Old on Alvig the Wise, daughter of King Eymund of Hólmgard.

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

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.

is: Draupnir ( norræn goðafræði )

is: Glitnir ( norræn goðafræði )

is: Njörður ( norræn goðafræði )

is: Víðar ( norræn goðafræði )

is: Sif ( norræn goðafræði )

is: Nanna ( norræn goðafræði )

is: Andrómeda ( grísk goðafræði )

is: Flokkur: Grísk goðafræði

is: Flokkur: Rómversk goðafræði

is: Flokkur: Norræn goðafræði

is: Flokkur: Germönsk goðafræði