Gymir

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

Life events

• Gymer and Orboda are stated to be married.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XI · The Giantess Gerd and Skirner's Journey)
  • With: Aurboda
  • “Gymer hight a man whose wife was Orboda, of the race of the mountain giants.”
• Gerd is stated to be Gymer and Orboda’s daughter.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XI · The Giantess Gerd and Skirner's Journey)
  • With: Gerd
  • “Their daughter was Gerd, the fairest of all women.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Hyndla

• child: Gerd “she was Gymir's daughter,”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XI · The Giantess Gerd and Skirner's Journey

• child: Gerd “Their daughter was Gerd, the fairest of all women.”
• married with Aurboda “Gymer hight a man whose wife was Orboda, of the race of the mountain giants.”

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