The Eddas

Grid

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

Life events

  • Grid warned Thor about Geirrod and lent him her strength belt, steel gloves, and staff.(Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Thor's Journey to Geirrod's)
    • With: Thor
    • “She told Thor the truth concerning Geirrod, that he was a dog-wise and dangerous giant; and she lent him her own belt of strength and steel gloves, and her staff, which is called Gridarvol.”

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

  • child: Vidar “She was the mother of Vidar the Silent.”
  • protégé: Thor “She told Thor the truth concerning Geirrod, that he was a dog-wise and dangerous giant; and she lent him her own belt of strength and steel gloves, and her staff, which is called Gridarvol.”

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