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1) Ullr is an interesting one. Not much is known about him, but archaeology and etymology tell us he was a very important God to our ancestors.
The name Ullr (Old English: Wuldor) spawned from the proto-Germanic Wulþuz, meaning glorious or shining one. Many locations in Scandinavia bear his name, such as Ullern, Ullensaker, and Ultuna.
In the Grimnismal, his hall is called Ydalir; the Yew Dales. He’s also mentioned in a passage which seems to mention a fire divination ritual;
“His the favor of Ullr and all the Gods
Who first the flames will reach;
For the house can be seen by the sons of the Gods
If the kettle aside were cast.”
A passage in the Atlakviða links Ullr with oaths;
“It shall go with thee, Atli, as with Gunnar thou heldest
The oaths ofttimes sworn, and of old made firm,
By the sun in the south, by Sigtyr’s mountain,
By the horse of the rest-bed, and the ring of Ullr.”
A temple was recently unearthed at Lilla Ullevi, near Stockholm, where several large iron oath rings were buried.
1) Ullr is an interesting one. Not much is known about him, but archaeology and etymology tell us he was a very important God to our ancestors.
The name Ullr (Old English: Wuldor) spawned from the proto-Germanic Wulþuz, meaning glorious or shining one. Many locations in Scandinavia bear his name, such as Ullern, Ullensaker, and Ultuna.
In the Grimnismal, his hall is called Ydalir; the Yew Dales. He’s also mentioned in a passage which seems to mention a fire divination ritual;
“His the favor of Ullr and all the Gods
Who first the flames will reach;
For the house can be seen by the sons of the Gods
If the kettle aside were cast.”
A passage in the Atlakviða links Ullr with oaths;
“It shall go with thee, Atli, as with Gunnar thou heldest
The oaths ofttimes sworn, and of old made firm,
By the sun in the south, by Sigtyr’s mountain,
By the horse of the rest-bed, and the ring of Ullr.”
A temple was recently unearthed at Lilla Ullevi, near Stockholm, where several large iron oath rings were buried.