The Poetic Edda on Garm

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

• attestation: Garm is associated with the location Gnipahellir.

  "44. Now Garm howls loud | before Gnipahellir, The fetters will burst, | and the wolf run free; Much do I know, | and more can see Of the fate of the gods, | the mighty in fight."

• attestation: Garm is associated with the location Gnipahellir.

  "49. Now Garm howls loud | before Gnipahellir, The fetters will burst, | and the wolf run free; Much do I know, | and more can see Of the fate of the gods, | the mighty in fight."

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Garm is the dog who guards the gates of Hel's kingdom at Gnipahellir, the 'Cliff-Cave' entrance to the world of the dead

  "Garm: the dog who guards the gates of Hel's kingdom; cf. Baldrs Draumar, 2 ff, and Grimnismol, 44. Gnipahellir ("the Cliff-Cave"): the entrance to the world of the dead."