Sökkmímir
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Sökmímir or Søkkmímir was a jotun who appears in two sources from Norse mythology, suggesting that he was once a well-known giant in Scandinavia.
In Grímnismál, stanza 50, it appears that Odin killed the giant:
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He notably appears in Ynglingatal, where subterranean abodes of giants are called Sökkmímir's halls:
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- ^ Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
- ^ Bellow's translation
- ^ Benjamin Thorpe's translation
- ^ Ynglinga saga at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad
- ^ A second online presentation of Ynglingatal
- ^ Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive
- ^ Laing's translation at Northvegr
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