Idisi
deity Germanic paganism single tradition · 2
The Idisi are female beings called upon in one of the two Old High German Merseburg Incantations to bind and hamper an army. The incantation describes them as sitting 'here and there,' with some binding fetters, some hampering the army, and some untying fetters.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 750 CE
- Attested period
- 750 – 750
- Historical notes
- Referenced in the Merseburg Incantations.
Relationships
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“The idisi mentioned in the first Merseburg Incantation are generally considered to be valkyries. Rudolf Simek says that "these Idisi are obviously a kind of valkyrie, as these also have the power to hamper enemies in Norse mythology" and points to a connection with the valkyrie name Herfjötur”
#26207 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Karl Helm rejected Kauffmann and grouped Sinhtgunt with the Idisi of the First Merseburg Charm, as a specially defined group of Germanic goddesses.”
#27452 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001