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Edward Pettit, « 9. Freyr’s Solar Power and the Purifying Sword », Open Book Publishers
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This chapter examines a variety of Old Norse sources to demonstrate the solar and related attributes of (Ingvi/Yngvi-)Freyr and his sword. We shall see that in Skírnir’s hands this weapon probably symbolizes a purifying sunbeam. These findings will inform our understanding of Hrunting and the giant sword as comparable weapons. Solar Aspects of Freyr in the Eddas In Gylfaginning, Snorri describes Freyr and his sister Freyja as fǫgr álitum ok máttug ‘fair in appearance and mighty’, before continuing:...
