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[[File:Freia Gestures to Hyndla by Frølich.jpg|thumb|right|''Freyja gesturing to Hyndla'' (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]]] |
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[[Image:Hyndla og Freia by Frølich.jpg|thumb|300px|''Freyja rides atop Hildisvíni to visit [[Hyndla]]'' (1895) by [[Lorenz Frølich]]]] |
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'''Hildisvíni''' ([[Old Norse]]: {{IPA-non|ˈhildeˌswiːne|}}, “battle swine”) is [[Freyja]]'s [[boar]] In [[Norse mythology]]. |
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The story of Hildisvíni appears in [[Hyndluljóð]], an [[Old Norse]] poem found in [[Flateyjarbok]] but often considered a part of the [[Poetic Edda]]. In the poem, Freyja is searching for the ancestry of her protégé, [[Óttar (mythology)|Óttar]]. Freyja rides on her boar Hildisvíni, who is in fact Óttar in disguise. They meet [[Hyndla]] who is a [[seeress]]. Freyja succeeds in forcing Hyndla to tell Óttar about his ancestors. |
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[[Snorri Sturluson]] also records that among boar-names for helmets was ''Hildisvíni'', the helmet of [[Onela|Áli]]. This helmet was among the things that were taken by the Swedish king [[Adils]] after his victory at the [[Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern]]. |
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==References== |
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*Davidson, Hilda Ellis (1998) ''Roles of the Northern Goddess'' (Routledge) {{ISBN|0-415-13611-3}} |
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*Näsström, Britt-Mari (1995) ''Freyja - the Great Goddess of the North'' (Almqvist & Wiksell International) {{ISBN|91-22-01694-5}} |
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*Orchard, Andy (1997) ''Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend'' (Cassell) {{ISBN|0-304-34520-2}} |
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*Orel, Vladimir (2003) ''A Handbook of Germanic Etymology'' (Brill Publishers) {{ISBN|90 04 12875 1}} |
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*Simek, Rudolf; translated by Angela Hall (2007) ''Dictionary of Northern Mythology'' (D.S. Brewer) {{ISBN|0-85991-513-1}} |
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{{Norse mythology}} |
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[[Category:Creatures in Norse mythology]] |
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[[Category:Freyja]] |
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[[Category:Mythological pigs]] |
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[[Category:Wild boars]] |
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