Norse mythology Characters
Meet the characters of this manga based on Gylfaginning, the opening part of the Prose Edda, a key source of Norse mythology: Gylfi, a human king searching for the secret of the gods; Gefjon, the goddess who plowed away a piece of land and turned it into an island; and High, Just-as-High, and Third, the three mysterious figures who answer his questions. Here is a simple guide to who each of them is in the original myth.
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Gylfi (Gangleri) Gylfi
A human king seeking the secrets of the gods
Gylfi is a king who ruled the land that is now Sweden, and he appears in Gylfaginning ("The Deluding of Gylfi"), part of the Prose Edda, a key source of Norse…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1Gefjon / Gefjon's Four Oxen (her sons) Gefjon
The goddess who plowed away land to make an island
Gefjon is a goddess of the Æsir, the main family of gods in Norse mythology. At the beginning of Gylfaginning in the Prose Edda, she is famous for the story of how she…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1High / Just-as-High / Third Hár, Jafnhár, and Þriði
Three narrators seated on three high thrones
High, Just-as-High, and Third (Hár, Jafnhár, and Þriði) are the three narrators who answer the questions of Gangleri (Gylfi) in Gylfaginning, part of the Prose Edda.…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 1