Fjölnir

Old Norse: Fjölnir
Meaning: "The Many-Shaped"

1. Odin
2. a swedish king

1.
Fjölnir = another name of Odin

• Poetic Edda:
  - Grímnismál
  - Regínsmál
  
• Prose Edda:
  - Gylfaginning III
  - Gylfaginning XX

Fjölnir was also used in a kenning for giant (Skáldskaparmál XLI).

2.
Fjölnir was propably the son of Freyr and Gerdr.

He was a legendary swedish king. At his court, the king Frödi bought the two maid-servants Fenja and Menja.

• Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál LII

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