Gjalp

Family: Jötuns · Role: giantess · First appears: Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor's Journey to Geirrod's

Life events

• Thor broke the backs of Geirrod’s daughters, Gjalp and Greip, beneath the seat.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor's Journey to Geirrod's · 📍 Geirrod)
  • With: Thor Greip
  • “Under the seat were Geirrod’s daughters, Gjalp and Greip, and he had broken the backs of both of them.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor's Journey to Geirrod's

• parent: Geirrod “Then Thor looked up and saw in a cleft Gjalp, the daughter of Geirrod, standing on both sides of the stream, and causing its growth.”
• enemies with Thor “Under the seat were Geirrod’s daughters, Gjalp and Greip, and he had broken the backs of both of them.”

Also listed in Jötuns — Minor Figures

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