Ím

Template:Short description Ím (also Imr) is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the son of Vafthrudnir.Template:Sfn

Name

The Old Norse name Ím has been translated as 'dust' (compare with Norw. īm 'smell', Far. ím 'soot [on a kettle]'; also Icel. ima 'heat', Swed. imme 'steam').Template:Sfn

Attestation

According to the stanza 5 of the poem Vafthrudnismal from the Poetic Edda:

"Then Odin went to try the wisdom

of the all-wise giant [Vafthrudnir];

to the hall he came which Im's father owned;

Odin went inside."

— Larrington trans.

Ím is also mentioned in a list of giants in the Skaldskaparmal section of the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson.

References

Bibliography

• Larrington, Carolyne (transl.) (1996). The Poetic Edda. Oxford World's Classics. Template:ISBN.

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