Beli
deity Norse single tradition · 2
Freyr had to fight Beli without his sword, and slew him with an antler.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 1200
- Historical notes
- Referenced by Snorri Sturluson in 13th century Iceland.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Skíðblaðnir, Gullinbursti, Njörðr, Surtr, Freyja, Byggvir, Beyla, Skírnir
- enemy of
- Freyr
- sibling of
- Gerðr
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“According to the Prose Edda, Freyr had to fight Beli without his sword, and slew him with an antler.”
#16602 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“killing of Beli is part of an older myth that has been lost and "can be glimpsed only in passing". Elsewhere in Skírnismál (The Lay of Skírnir), Gerðr complains of the slaying of her brother by Frey, which some scholars have interpreted as evidence that she was the sister of Beli”
#41202 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001