The Eddas

Angerboda

Also known as: Angrboda · Family: Jötuns · Role: giantess · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla

Life events

  • Loki begat a wolf with Angrboda.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla)
    • With: Loki
    • “Loki begat the wolf with Angrboda,”
  • Loke and Angerboda begot the Fenris-wolf, Jormungand, and Hel.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring · 📍 Jotunheim)
    • With: Loki Fenris-wolf Jormungand Hel
    • “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla

  • with Loki (They jointly parent the wolf; the wolf is unnamed.) “Loki begat the wolf with Angrboda, but Sleipnir he begat with Svadilfari: one monster seemed of all most deadly, which from Byleist's brother sprang.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter IX · Loke and his Offspring

  • child: Fenris-wolf “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”
  • child: Jormungand “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”
  • child: Hel “With her he begat three children. The first was the Fenris-wolf; the second, Jormungand, that is, the Midgard-serpent, and the third, Hel.”

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