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Þjazi

Norse · numen · mythic prehistoric · numen

Children

Skaði

Domains

destruction monstrosity
winter and frost

Powers

takes the shape of a great eagle
abducts Iðunn and her apples, withering the gods

Relations

father of: Skaði

Sources

Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, Skáldskaparmál 1-2; Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Haustlǫng; Poetic Edda, Grímnismál 11, Lokasenna 50-51

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