Sökkmímir or Søkkmímir was a jötunn who appears in two sources from Norse mythology, suggesting that he was once a well-known jötunn in Scandinavia.
In Grímnismál, stanza 50, it appears that Odin killed the jötunn:
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He notably appears in Ynglingatal, where subterranean abodes of jötnar are called Sökkmímir's halls:
Notes
edit- ^ Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
- ^ Bellow's translation
- ^ "Benjamin Thorpe's translation". Archived from the original on 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
- ^ "Ynglinga saga at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad". Archived from the original on 2005-12-31. Retrieved 2006-11-03.
- ^ A second online presentation of Ynglingatal
- ^ Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive
- ^ Laing's translation at Northvegr Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine