Gróa
human_specialist earth Norse single tradition · 1
Gróa is a wise woman and the wife of Aurvandill. She practices seiðr (magic) and attempts to heal Thor by singing spells to remove a hone lodged in his head.
When
- First attested
- 1200 CE
- Attested period
- 1200 – 1200
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Prose Edda, a 13th-century Icelandic text.
Relationships
- consort of
- Aurvandill
- co occurs with
- Thor
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Then came the wise woman who was called Gróa, wife of Aurvandill the Valiant: she sang her spells over Thor until the hone was loosened.”
#41211 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat