Byggvir
single tradition · 3
Byggvir is a servant of Freyr. He has the servants Skírnir, Byggvir and Beyla.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 1270
- Historical notes
- Poetic Edda dates to c. 1200-1270 CE.
Relationships
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Sources
Source passages
“He has the servants Skírnir, Byggvir and Beyla.”
#16593 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the prose introduction to Lokasenna, Beyla and Byggvir are cited as attending In relation to Loki's comments in Lokasenna, proposals have been made that Beyla and her husband are personifications of agriculture associated with Freyr”
#41183 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Lokasenna, Loki is depicted as degrading Byggvir for being of slight stature and as a gossiper”
#41195 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001