The Poetic Edda on Mim

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

• attestation: Mim is associated with the location Hel.

  "46. Fast move the sons | of Mim, and fate Is heard in the note | of the Gjallarhorn; Loud blows Heimdall, | the horn is aloft, In fear quake all | who on Hel-roads are."

• attestation: Mim is associated with the object Gjallarhorn.

  "46. Fast move the sons | of Mim, and fate Is heard in the note | of the Gjallarhorn; Loud blows Heimdall, | the horn is aloft, In fear quake all | who on Hel-roads are."

The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note

• attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Mim, Brimir.

  "14. On the mountain he stood | with Brimir's sword, On his head the helm he bore; Then first the head | of Mim spoke forth, And words of truth it told.

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• attestation: Mim is characterized by age in the verse.

  "14. On the mountain he stood | with Brimir's sword, On his head the helm he bore; Then first the head | of Mim spoke forth, And words of truth it told.

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