Hroðr ( Old Norse : [?hroːðz?] "famed") is a female jotunn in Norse mythology , mentioned in the Eddic poem Hymiskviða , in which Thor is referred to as "Hroðr's adversary." ^[1] But the context is unclear, so the name could equally refer to an otherwise unknown giantess adversary of Thor, of which many are mentioned in other sources such as Harbarðsljoð .

Some readings of Hymiskviða have identified Hroðr as the name of the mother of Tyr , who appears in the poem, a giantess friendly to the Æsir and the wife of the jotunn Hymir . If Hroðr is Tyr's mother, the poem suggests that Hymir is the father, but the later Prose Edda states that Odin is his father. Since fosterage of hero figures by giantesses is a common trope in Norse folklore, Hymir could be a foster-father, an important relationship in Viking culture.

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The Old Norse name hroðr has been translated as 'glorious, famed'. ^{[2] [3]}

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• Davidson, Hilda E. (1993). The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe . Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-94468-2 .
• de Vries, Jan (1962). Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch (1977 ed.). Brill. ISBN   978-90-04-05436-3 .
• Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend . Cassell. ISBN   978-0-304-34520-5 .

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