Sköll
demonic sky Norse single tradition · 4
Sköll is a wolf in Norse mythology. The wolf pursues the chariot of Álfröðull.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Norse mythology dates roughly from the Viking Age (c. 700-1100 CE) to the end of the Medieval period (c. 1500 CE).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Máni, Mundilfari, Hati Hróðvitnisson, Bil, Fenrir, Árvakr, Alsviðr
- serves
- Sol
- served by
- Sol
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“The chariot is pursued by the wolf Sköll.”
#15640 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The first wolf, Sköll, chases Sól, and despite her fear, Sköll will eventually catch her.”
#16177 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Sól is unable to stop driving the chariot or else Sköll will catch the Sun and devour it; the Sun is expected to be caught and devoured on the day of Ragnarök.”
#17647 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In stanza 39 of the poem Grímnismál, Odin (disguised as Grímnir) says that both the Sun and the Moon are pursued through the heavens by wolves; the Sun, referred to as the "shining god" is pursued by Sköll to the "protecting woods"”
#19376 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001