Ilmr
Ilmr (Old Norse) is a figure in Norse mythology who is listed as a goddess and who occurs in skaldic kennings. Her associations and original nature are unknown.
Ilmr is attested at two points in the so-called Kormákr Ǫgmundarson.[3]
It is impossible to determine the associations of the goddess Ilmr.
dís, with a name etymologically related to almr, elm. The elm is associated in folklore in many nations with death, which might have led to her being classed as a valkyrie.[7]
See also
- Hlín, a Norse goddess whose name some scholars have suggested may mean 'maple tree'
- Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology
Notes
References
- Faulkes, Anthony (Trans.) (1995). Edda. ISBN 0-460-87616-3
- Grimm, Jacob (James Steven Stallybrass Trans.) (1888). Teutonic Mythology. Translated from the Fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix by James Stallybrass. Volume IV. London: George Bell and Sons.
- Hopkins, Joseph S. (2014). "Goddesses Unknown II: On the Apparent Old Norse Goddess Ilmr". RMN Newsletter 8 (May 2014). 32–38. ISSN 1799-4497.