44 gylfi
Gylfi Both a legendary king of Sweden and a wise man skilled in magic. Gylfi is named by Snorri Sturluson in his great work Gylfaginning, which means The Beguiling of Gylfi.
In the first chapter of this work, Gylfi makes a bargain with the goddess Gefjon: He will give her as much land in Sweden as she can plow in a day. She brings her four sons, giant oxen from Jotunheim, and plows out the island of Zealand.
In the second chapter, Gylfi begins a wandering journey that leads him to Asgard, the home of the gods, where, disguising himself and using the name Gangleri, he meets three beings called Har( High One), Jaffnhar( Just-As-High), and Thridi( Third). He questions them about the creation of Asgard, the doings of the gods and goddesses, and the end of the world. The three figures answer his questions at length. At the end of the exchange, the great hall and the three speakers vanish and Gylfi is left standing on a wide plain.
Gylfi is the same king of Sweden who, in the Prologue to the Prose Edda, welcomes the men from
Asia, led by the great warrior Odin, who wish to settle in the northland. Gylfi gives Odin all of the land in Sweden that he wants, and Odin then becomes king of Sweden.
Gymir( 1) A Jotun, or giant, who had a great house in Jotunheim surrounded by dogs. He is the father of the beautiful giantess Gerda, as described in the poem Skirnismal, and of her brother, Beli. The poem Hyndluljoth claims that Gymir was the husband of Aurboda, while Snorri Sturluson adds that Gymir was a mountain giant.
Gymir( 2) Another name for the sea god Aegir. The prose introduction to the poem Lokasenna says that Gymir is Aegir. Skalds also used the two names in their poems, according to Snorri Sturluson in
Skaldsaparmal, the work in which he explains to students the many kennings, or poetic metaphors, of Norse poetry.