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3 unusual facts about Hyrrokkin


Hunnestad Monument

She appears to be the wolf-riding giantess Hyrrokkin who helped the Æsir push Balder's ship into the sea during his funeral, and thus she would be an appropriate image for a funerary monument.

Hyrrokkin

Snake-witch stone, a picture stone depicting a female grasping two snakes

Snake-witch stone

Hyrrokkin, a female jötunn in Norse mythology who uses snakes as reins


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