Geri
Geri is one of two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin in Norse mythology. His name roughly translates to "Greed". He is attested in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and in the poetry of skalds.
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When
- First attested
- 900 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in 13th century compilations of earlier sources.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Garmr, Freki, Sæhrímnir, Andhrímnir, Eikþyrnir, Huginn, Fenrir, Wōden, Einherjar, Heiðrún, Oðinn, valkyries, Muninn
- sibling of
- Freki
- serves
- Odin
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“If the rider on horseback on the image on the Böksta Runestone has been correctly identified as Odin, then Geri and Freki are shown taking part in hunting an elk. Historian Michael Spiedel connects Geri and Freki with archaeological finds depicting figures wearing wolf-pelts”
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“High responds that Óðinn gives the food on his table to his two wolves Geri and Freki, and that Óðinn himself needs no food, for Óðinn gains sustenance from wine as if it were drink and meat.”
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“Bernd Heinrich theorizes that Huginn and Muninn, along with Odin and his wolves Geri and Freki, reflect a symbiosis observed in the natural world among ravens, wolves, and humans on the hunt:”
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“Gangleri asks if Odin eats the same food as the Einherjar, and High responds Odin needs nothing to eat—Odin only consumes wine—and he gives his food to his wolves Geri and Freki. Grímnismál stanza 19 is recounted.”
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