bragi

Old Norse: Bragi
Meaning: “Poetry”, “Poet”, “Skald”

1. a god
2. ancestor of the Bragnings
3. brother of Sigrun
4. a legendary king

1.
Bragi was the god of poerty and rhetoric.

He was the son of Odin and the giantess Gunnlöd.

His wife was Iduna, the goddess of eternal youth.

Bragi was represented as an old man with long beard, who receipted the Einherjar at the gates of Valhalla.

He was a poetic god, who didn't fought. This was a good reason for Loki to make him over (Lokasenna). But in general, he was popular with the other gods.

The Skáldskaparmál begins with a dialogue between Aegir and Bragi. Then Bragi tells a lot of mythological stories and made a survey of kennings of various things (see Skáldskaparmál).

2.
Bragi was the son of Halfdan and Alvig. He was the ancestor of the Bragnings.

According to the Poetic Edda, he was the son of Halfdan and Thora.

3.
Bragi was the son of king Hogni and brother of Sigrun and Dag.

He and his father were killed at Frekastein.

Poetic Edda: Völundarkviða In Forna (Helgaviða Hundingsbana II)

4.
Bragi was a legendary king, mentioned in the Skáldskaparmál.
He was travelling through a forest and met a troll-woman, who asked him who passed. He answered:
"Skalds do call me
Vidurr's Shape-Smith,
Gautr's Gift-Finder,
Bard not faulty,
Yggr's Ale-Bearer,
Song's Arrayer,
Skilled Smith of Verse:
What is the Skald but this?"

(Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál LXVII)

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