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{{Short description|Figure in Nordic mythology}}
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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Þrúðgelmir''' ({{IPA-non|ˈθruːð.ɟɛlmɪr}}; [[Old Norse]] "Strength Yeller") is a [[jötunn]], the son of the primordial {{lang|non|jötunn}} [[Aurgelmir]] (who [[Snorri Sturluson]] in ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' identifies with [[Ymir]]), and the father of [[Bergelmir]]. Þrúðgelmir had [[Ymir's son|one brother]] and [[Ymir's daughter|one sister]], who were elder than he was. Þrúðgelmir's name is sometimes anglicized as '''Thrudgelmir'''. He may have been the {{lang|non|jötunn}} born from Ymir's legs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEIngqiKOugC&dq=Thrudgelmir&pg=PA465|isbn=9781135963903|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities|date=4 July 2013|publisher=Routledge}}</ref>
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| Name = Þrúðgelmir
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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Þrúðgelmir''' ([[Old Norse]] "Strength Yeller") is a [[Jötunn|frost giant]], the son of the primordial giant [[Aurgelmir]] (who [[Snorri Sturluson]] in ''[[Gylfaginning]]'' identifies with [[Ymir]]), and the father of [[Bergelmir]]. He had one brother and one sisters, who were elder then him.
 
==Attestations==
Þrúðgelmir appears in the poem ''[[Vafþrúðnismál]]'' from the ''[[Poetic Edda]]''. When [[Odin]] (speaking under the assumed name [[List of names of Odin|Gagnrad]]) asks who was the eldest of the [[Æsir]] or of the giants{{lang|non|jötnar}} in bygone days, [[Vafþrúðnir]] answers:
 
:"Uncountable winters before the earth was made,
:then [[Bergelmir]] was born,
:Thrudgelmir was his father,
:and Aurgelmir his grandfather."
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::—''Vafþrúðnismál'' <small>(29)</small><ref name=LARRINGTON>Larrington (1999).</ref>
 
According to Rudolf Simek, Þrúðgelmir is identical to the six-headed son that was begotten by Aurgelmir's feet (''Vafþrúðnismál'', <small>33</small>),<ref>Simek (1996).</ref>, but the fact that (apart from the ''[[þulur]]'') he is mentioned in only one source led John Lindow to suggest that he might have been invented by the poet.<ref>Lindow (2002).</ref>. Additionally, the identification of one with the other cannot be established with certainty since, according to stanza 33, Aurgelmir had more than one direct male offspring:
 
:"They said that under the frost-giant's arms
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:one foot with the other, of the wise giant,
:begot a six-headed son."<ref name=LARRINGTON/>
 
Þrúðgelmir was drowned in his father's blood.
 
==Notes==
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==References==
* Larrington, Carolyne (trans.) (1999). ''The Poetic Edda'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. {{ISBN 0192839462|0-19-283946-2}}.
* [[John Lindow|Lindow, John]] (2002). ''[httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs]''. New York: [[Oxford University Press]]. {{ISBN 0195153820|0-19-515382-0}}.
* Simek, Rudolf (1996). ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology''. Translated by Angela Hall. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. {{ISBN |0-85991-513-1}}.
 
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