Sinthgunt

deity sky Old High German single tradition · 3

Sinthgunt is a Germanic deity mentioned in the Old High German Merseburg Incantations from the 9th or 10th century. She is described as the sister of Sunna and participated in singing charms to heal Balder's foal's sprained foot.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
800 CE
Attested period
800 – 1000
Historical notes
Attested in the Old High German Merseburg Incantations, dated to the 9th or 10th century.

Relationships

co occurs with
Glenr, Bil, Idisi, Fulla, Mundilfari, Máni, Frigg
allied with
Wōdan, Sunna, Friia, Volla, Balder, Phol
sibling of
Sunna, Friia, Uolla, Sol

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Sources

Source passages

“mentions Sunna, who is described as having a sister, Sinthgunt. The incantation describes how Phol and Wodan rode to a wood, and there Balder's foal sprained its foot. Sinthgunt sang charms”

#16163 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Sinthgunt, a Germanic goddess possibly connected to the Moon”

#18363 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“This notion has resulted in a theory that a similar situation may have existed between the figures of Sinthgunt and Sunna/Sól, in that the two may have been understood as aspects of one another rather than entirely separate figures.”

#27450 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001