In Norse mythology , Járnviðr ( Old Norse "Iron-wood") is a forest located east of Midgard , inhabited by trollwomen who bore jötnar and giant wolves . Járnviðr is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson .
5-452: Járnvid is mentioned in Völuspá (40) : The one that will be "the snatcher of the moon" is Mánagarmr (or Hati ), and the "old woman" may refer to Fenrir 's mother Angrboða . Snorri Sturluson quotes this stanza and expands it in his Gylfaginning (12) : The form "Járnviðjur" ("Ironwoodite") is nowhere else to be found, but in singular, Járnviðja is listed in the þulur as
10-472: A troll-wife, and in 10th century skald Eyvindr Skáldaspillir 's Háleygjatal (2) , referring to the goddess Skaði . Hati Hr%C3%B3%C3%B0vitnisson In Norse mythology , Hati Hróðvitnisson (first name meaning "He Who Hates", or "Enemy" ) is a warg ; a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson 's Prose Edda , chases Máni , the Moon, across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases Sól ,
15-473: Is the son of Fenrir , for whom Hróðvitnir ("Famous Wolf") is an alternate name. According to Snorri, Hati's mother is the giantess, not named but mentioned in the Eddic poem " Völuspá ", who dwells to the east of Midgard in the forest of Járnviðr ("Ironwood") and "fosters Fenrir's kin". Snorri states that this giantess and witch bears many giants for sons, all in the form of wolves, including Hati and Sköll, who
20-415: Is thus implied to be Hati's brother. In two verses of "Völuspá" that Snorri cites, an unnamed son of this giantess is prophesied to snatch the Moon, and also eat the flesh of the dead, spattering the heavens with blood. In contrast the Eddic poem " Vafþrúðnismál " states that Fenrir himself will destroy the sun. Snorri also names a wolf named Mánagarmr ("Moon-Hound", or "Moon's Dog") as the most powerful of
25-616: The Sun, during the day, until the time of Ragnarök , when they will swallow these heavenly bodies. Snorri also gives another name for a wolf who swallows the Moon, Mánagarmr ( [ˈmɑːnɑˌɡɑrmz̠] , "Moon-Hound", or "Moon's Dog"). Hati's patronymic Hróðvitnisson , attested in both the Eddic poem " Grímnismál " and the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda , indicates that he
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