Cross-Source Bridges
A curated walk through the figures and places where independent primary sources converge. These are the strongest signals in the graph — entities attested across multiple texts by different authors.
The sections below move from the most widely attested bridge entities to narrower cross-references, so the reader can see where the graph is structurally strongest before dropping into edge cases.
Core Tradition (11 sources)
These 1 entity carry the trail at the core tradition level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
- Iceland — place.
Core Tradition (9 sources)
These 1 entity carry the trail at the core tradition level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
- Gunnar — being.
Core Tradition (8 sources)
These 3 entitys carry the trail at the core tradition level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
Core Tradition (7 sources)
These 4 entitys carry the trail at the core tradition level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
Core Tradition (6 sources)
These 6 entitys carry the trail at the core tradition level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
Core Tradition (5 sources)
These 15 entitys carry the trail at the core tradition level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
- Grim — being.
- Halfdan — being.
- Gudrun — being.
- Frey — being.
- Hel — being.
- Nanna — being.
- Bjorn — being.
- Thorgeir — being.
- Yggdrasil — place.
- Helgi — being.
- Egil — being.
- Hakon — being.
- Norns — being.
- Harald — being.
- Snorri Sturluson — being.
Widely Attested (4 sources)
These 39 entitys carry the trail at the widely attested level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
- Olaf Tryggvason — being.
- Volsungasaga — work.
- Balder — being.
- Borghild — being.
- Haldor — being.
- Olaf the White — being.
- Ranveig — being.
- Urd — being.
- Grani — being.
- Denmark — being.
- Hild — being.
- Thorolf — being.
- Thord — being.
- Atli — being.
- Signy — being.
- Ragnarok — event.
- Bifrost — place.
- Geirrod — being.
- Dag — being.
- Koll — being.
- Ottar — being.
- Thorstein the Red — being.
- Fenrir — being.
- Regin — being.
- Thorgils — being.
- Thorgerdr — being.
- Gunnhilda — being.
- Groa — being.
- Heimdal — being.
- Saxo Grammaticus — being.
- Asgard — place.
- Thorir — being.
- Alf — being.
- Tyr — being.
- Frigg — being.
- Snorri — being.
- Hrollaug — being.
- Brynhild — being.
- Thordis — being.
Widely Attested (3 sources)
These 74 entitys carry the trail at the widely attested level and show how far attestation spreads across distinct primary witnesses.
- Rolf — being.
- Ulf — being.
- Hroald — being.
- Hallstein — being.
- Asgaut — being.
- Rognvald — being.
- Guttorm — being.
- Frodi — being.
- Gyda — being.
- Thorfinn — being.
- Skapti — being.
- Skuli — being.
- Thurid — being.
- Eric — being.
- Snorri the Priest — being.
- Thorarin — being.
- Greenland — place.
- Ragnhildr — being.
- Jon — being.
- Mani — being.
- Ring — being.
- Valhalla — place.
- Brage — being.
- Mimir — being.
- Saga — being.
- Forseti — being.
- Vingolf — place.
- Fafnir — being.
- Ymir — being.
- Frode — being.
- Gram — being.
- Swanhild — being.
- Grimhild — being.
- Guthorm — being.
- Agnar — being.
- Karl — being.
- Onund — being.
- Hallvard — being.
- Kolbeinn — being.
- Ivar — being.
- Eirik — being.
- Earl Sigurd — being.
- Flateyjarbok — work.
- Hermod — being.
- Menja — being.
- King Olaf — being.
- Bolverk — being.
- Malcolm — being.
- Olaf Haraldson — being.
- Earl Hakon — being.
- Sinfjotli — being.
- Sorli — being.
- Surt — being.
- Olaf Peacock — being.
- Bergthor — being.
- Sif — being.
- Allfather — being.
- Midgard — place.
- Skoll — being.
- Ask — being.
- Niflheim — place.
- Suttung — being.
- Aegir — being.
- Andvaranaut — object.
- Harold Fairhair — being.
- Poetic Edda — work.
- Jormunrek — being.
- Randver — being.
- Alfheim — place.
- Hreidmar — being.
- Asmund — being.
- Hunding — being.
- Norse Mythology — concept.
- Ratatosk — being.