Svafrþorinn
ancestor Norse single tradition · 1
In Norse mythology, Svafrþorinn is the name of the father of Menglöð's father by an unnamed mother. He is attested in this form solely in a stanza of Fjölsvinnsmál. As this is the only mention of the figure, further information has been theorized from the potential etymologies of the name Svafrþorinn and his relation to Menglöð.
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“Menglöð has often been theorized as the goddess Freyja, and according to this theory, Svafrþorinn would therefore be the god Njörðr. The theory is complicated the etymology of the name Svafrþorinn (þorinn meaning "brave" and svafr means "gossip”
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