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- proper noun a book of the
Poetic Edda .
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[203] In the Eddic poem "Lokasenna" the god Byggvir (Barley) is addressed by Loki, "Silence, Barleycorn!"
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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In the Icelandic poem "Lokasenna", Loki taunts her, saying:
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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(Harbarzlióð); _Thor's Fishing for the Midgarth Serpent_ (Hymiskviða); the _Railing of Loki_ (Lokasenna); the _Winning of Thor's Hammer_
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Like Odin, he travels much, but while the chief God generally goes craftily and in disguise, to gain knowledge or test his wisdom, Thor's errands are warlike; in _Lokasenna_ he is absent on a journey, in _Harbardsljod_ and _Alvissmal_ he is returning from one.
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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The _Lokasenna_ has some likeness to the Homeric description of the brawls in heaven.
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Grimm's suggestion that he and the goddess Nerthus, mentioned by Tacitus, were brother and sister, is supported by the line in _Lokasenna_; it is an isolated reference, and the Goddess has left no other traces in
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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He is in alliance with them against the giants; he and Odin have sworn blood-brothership, according to _Lokasenna_, and he helps Thor to recover his hammer that Asgard may be defended against the giants.
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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Like his son the Wolf, he is chained by the Gods; the episode is related in a prose-piece affixed to _Lokasenna_:
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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This is told in full by Snorri and alluded to in _Lokasenna_, both in the prose preface ( "Tyr also was there, with only one hand; the Fenris-wolf had bitten off the other, when he was bound") and in the poem itself:
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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Otherwise, he only appears in connexion with two more popular Gods: he speaks in Frey's defence in _Lokasenna_, and in _Hymiskvida_ he is Thor's companion in the search for a cauldron; the latter poem represents him as a giant's son.
The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 L. Winifred Faraday
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