The Old Norse name Gjálp has been variously translated as 'screamer', 'yelper'.[1][2] It is related to the Icelandicgjálp ('roar; sea, wave'), and to the Old Norse gjalpa ('to brag').[3]
Greipa is translated as ('gripper, grasper').[2] It derives from the Old Norse greip ('hand [with spread thumbs], handle').[4]
Attestations
Prose Edda
Thor's Journey to Geirrodsgard (1906) by Lorenz Frølich.
In Skáldskaparmál (The Language of Poetry), Thor meets Gjálp as he is trying to wade across the Vimur River; she is causing the river to swell with what appears to be her urine or menstrual fluids as she is standing "astride the river".[2][5]
Then Thor saw up in a certain cleft that Geirrod’s daughter Gialp was standing astride the river and she was causing it to rise. Then Thor took up out of the river a great stone and threw it at her and said: 'At its outlet must a river be stemmed.'
He did not miss what he was aiming at, and at that moment he found himself close to the bank and managed to grasp a sort of rowan-bush and thus climbed out of the river.
Thor eventually reaches Geirrödargardar, the abode of the giant Geirröðr. He sits on a chair that is lifted up against the roof by Gjálp and Greipa as they are trying to kill him.[6][7]
And when Thor got to Geirrod’s, he and his companion were first of all shown into a goat-shed as their lodging, and inside there was a single seat to sit on and it was Thor who sat on it. Then he realized that the seat was lifting under him up towards the roof. He pushed Grid’s pole up into the rafters and pressed himself hard down on the seat. Then there was a great crack accompanied by a great scream. Under the seat it had been Geirrod’s daughters Gialp and Greip and he had broken both their backs.
— Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál, 18, trans. A. Faulkes, 1987.
And they pressed their eye-lash-moon-flame-[eye-]sky [skull] against the roof-battens of the stone-plain’s [mountain’s] hall [cave]. The females were trodden down by long swords. The driver [Thor] of the hull of the storm’s hover- chariot broke each of the cave-women’s age-old laughter-ship-[breast-]keels [backbones].
Gesta Danorum (Deeds of the Danes) relates a similar story as Thorkillus (Thokil) and his companions are visiting the hall of the dead Geruthus (Geirröðr) when they notice the pierced body of an old man and three dead women with their backs broken. Thokil tells them that the god Thor "has driven a burning ingot though the vitals of Geirrœth" and that the "women have been struck by the force of Thor’s thunderbolt and have paid the penalty for attacking his divinity by having their bodies broken". [7][8]
They saw also three women, their bodies laden with tumours and, so it seemed, with no strength in their backbones, occupying adjacent couches.
In Haustlöng, Þjazi is called "the son of the suitor of Greipa". Greipa may be used there as a generic giantess name and the kenning may mean simply "giant".[citation needed]
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Gjalp and Greip redirect here For the volcanic eruption see 1996 eruption of Gjalp For the moon of Saturn see Greip moon Gjalp Old Norse ˈɡjɑːlp or Gialp and Greipa O N ˈɡrɛipɑ or Greip are two jotnar in Norse mythology and the daughters of the giant Geirrodr They are killed by the thunder god Thor 1 Contents 1 Names 2 Attestations 2 1 Prose Edda 2 2 Viking Age 2 3 Gesta Danorum 2 4 Other texts 3 References 3 1 Bibliography 4 Further readingNames EditThe Old Norse name Gjalp has been variously translated as screamer yelper 1 2 It is related to the Icelandic gjalp roar sea wave and to the Old Norse gjalpa to brag 3 Greipa is translated as gripper grasper 2 It derives from the Old Norse greip hand with spread thumbs handle 4 Attestations EditProse Edda Edit Thor s Journey to Geirrodsgard 1906 by Lorenz Frolich In Skaldskaparmal The Language of Poetry Thor meets Gjalp as he is trying to wade across the Vimur River she is causing the river to swell with what appears to be her urine or menstrual fluids as she is standing astride the river 2 5 Then Thor saw up in a certain cleft that Geirrod s daughter Gialp was standing astride the river and she was causing it to rise Then Thor took up out of the river a great stone and threw it at her and said At its outlet must a river be stemmed He did not miss what he was aiming at and at that moment he found himself close to the bank and managed to grasp a sort of rowan bush and thus climbed out of the river Snorri Sturluson Skaldskaparmal 18 trans A Faulkes 1987 Thor eventually reaches Geirrodargardar the abode of the giant Geirrodr He sits on a chair that is lifted up against the roof by Gjalp and Greipa as they are trying to kill him 6 7 And when Thor got to Geirrod s he and his companion were first of all shown into a goat shed as their lodging and inside there was a single seat to sit on and it was Thor who sat on it Then he realized that the seat was lifting under him up towards the roof He pushed Grid s pole up into the rafters and pressed himself hard down on the seat Then there was a great crack accompanied by a great scream Under the seat it had been Geirrod s daughters Gialp and Greip and he had broken both their backs Snorri Sturluson Skaldskaparmal 18 trans A Faulkes 1987 Viking Age Edit The same myth is told in THorsdrapa by Eilifr Godrunarson late 10th c AD which is cited by Snorri Sturluson in Skaldskaparmal although the giantesses are not named in the poem 5 And they pressed their eye lash moon flame eye sky skull against the roof battens of the stone plain s mountain s hall cave The females were trodden down by long swords The driver Thor of the hull of the storm s hover chariot broke each of the cave women s age old laughter ship breast keels backbones Eilifr Godrunarson THorsdrapa trans A Faulkes 1987 Gesta Danorum Edit Gesta Danorum Deeds of the Danes relates a similar story as Thorkillus Thokil and his companions are visiting the hall of the dead Geruthus Geirrodr when they notice the pierced body of an old man and three dead women with their backs broken Thokil tells them that the god Thor has driven a burning ingot though the vitals of Geirrœth and that the women have been struck by the force of Thor s thunderbolt and have paid the penalty for attacking his divinity by having their bodies broken 7 8 They saw also three women their bodies laden with tumours and so it seemed with no strength in their backbones occupying adjacent couches Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum 8 14 15 trans P Fisher 2015 Other texts Edit In Voluspa hin skamma 37 Gjalp and Greipa are listed among the Nine Mothers of Heimdallr 9 Gjalp is also mentioned in the thulur and in kennings of skaldic poetry 1 Greipa on her side is not mentioned in Nafnathulur and found only once in the skaldic kenning 10 In Haustlong THjazi is called the son of the suitor of Greipa Greipa may be used there as a generic giantess name and the kenning may mean simply giant citation needed In a lausavisa composed by Vetrlidi Sumarlidason and quoted in Skaldskaparmal Gjalp is mentioned as being killed by Thor citation needed Leggi brauzt thu Leiknar lamdir THrivalda steypdir Starkedi stottu of Gjalp dauda Faulkes edition Thou didst break the leg of Leikn Didst cause to stoop Starkadr Didst bruise Thrivaldi Didst stand on lifeless Gjalp Brodeur s translationReferences Edit a b c Lindow 2002 p 144 a b c Orchard 1997 p 57 de Vries 1962 p 70 de Vries 1962 p 186 a b Lindow 2002 p 137 Faulkes 1987 p 82 a b Lindow 2002 p 138 Fisher 2015 p 609 Lindow 2002 pp 144 149 Lindow 2002 p 149 Bibliography Edit de Vries Jan 1962 Altnordisches Etymologisches Worterbuch 1977 ed Brill ISBN 978 90 04 05436 3 Faulkes Anthony trans 1987 Edda 1995 ed Everyman ISBN 0 460 87616 3 Fisher Peter trans 2015 Gesta Danorum Vol 1 Clarendon Press ISBN 978 0 19 820523 4 Lindow John 2002 Norse Mythology A Guide to Gods Heroes Rituals and Beliefs Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 983969 8 Orchard Andy 1997 Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend Cassell ISBN 978 0 304 34520 5 Further reading EditBrodeur s translation of the Prose Edda Lausavisa by Vetrlidi Sumarlidason Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gjalp and Greip amp oldid 1109044051, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
