The Eddas

Vafthrûdnir

Family: Jötuns · Role: Jötun · First appears: Elder Edda · The Lay of Vafthrudnir · Part 1

Life events

  • Odin and Vafthrûdnir pledge their heads on who speaks wisely.(Elder Edda · The Lay of Vafthrudnir · Part 1)
    • With: Odin
    • “Wise art thou, O guest! Approach the Jötuns bench, and sitting let us together talk; we will our heads in the hall pledge, guest! for wise utterance.”

Elder Edda · The Lay of Vafthrudnir · Part 1

  • protégé: Odin (Hospitality) “Wise art thou, O guest! Approach the Jötuns bench, and sitting let us together talk; we will our heads in the hall pledge, guest! for wise utterance.”

Also listed in Jötuns — Minor Figures

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