Gastropnir
InNorse mythology,Gastropnirwas in the realm ofMenglöð.[1]
Gastropnir is featured inFjölsvinnsmál,asSvipdagconducts his mission to reach Menglöð. Svipdag walking up to the gate in the wall where he addresses a watchman called Fjölsviður. In the exchange between the two, Svipdagr asks what the wall is called. Fjolsvith replies that it is called Gastropnir and adds that he built it out of Leirbrimir's limbs.[2]
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- The Elder or Poetic EddabySaemund Sigfussonwith illustrations byW.G. Collingwood(originally published byNorroena Society,1907; re-published by ADP Gauntlet, 2014, with Olive Bray, translator)ISBN978-0692200650
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