Hyrrokkin (Old Norse: [ˈhyrˌrokːenː]) is a female jötunn in Norse mythology. According to 13th-century poet Snorri Sturluson, she launched the largest of all ships at Baldr's funeral after the Æsir gods were unable to budge the vessel.[2][3]
Hyrrokkin was a relatively important figure in the last decades of paganism in Iceland.[4] She appears to be depicted on one of the DR 284 stones from the Hunnestad Monument near Marsvinsholm, Sweden.[1][5]
- ^ a b Price, Neil (2006). "What's in a Name? An Archeological Identity Crisis for the Norse Gods (and Some of their Friends)". In Andrén, Anders; Jennbert, Kristina; et al. (eds.). Old Norse Religion in Long-Term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions. Lund: Nordic Academic Press. p. 181. ISBN 91-89116-81-X.
- ^ Orchard 1997, p. 95.
- ^ Lindow 2001, p. 196.
- ^ Lindow 2001, p. 197.
- ^ "Hyrrokkin". web.telia.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2023.