river Ifing

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The river Ifing is a mythological river in Norse cosmology that forms the boundary between the realm of the gods, Asgard, and the land of the giants, Jotunheim.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
river Ifing canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf entity in Norse cosmology ⓘ
mythological river ⓘ
appearsInTradition Norse mythology ⓘ
associatedWithRealm Asgard ⓘ
Jotunheim ⓘ
cosmologicalRole boundary marker between divine and giant realms ⓘ
culture medieval Scandinavian ⓘ
describedAs river that never freezes ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Asgard and Jotunheim ⓘ
linked to: Asgard
hasEtymologyProposedMeaning possibly related to Old Norse words for doubt or uncertainty ⓘ
languageOfName Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
medium water ⓘ
mentionedIn Poetic Edda ⓘ
mentionedInPoem Vafþrúðnismál ⓘ
mythologicalFunction defensive barrier for the gods ⓘ
nameVariant Ifingr ⓘ
linked to: Ífingr

Ífingr ⓘ
opposesSide world of the giants ⓘ
world of the gods ⓘ
regionOfMyth mythic cosmos of Norse tradition ⓘ
separatesGroup jotnar (giants) ⓘ
Æsir gods ⓘ
linked to: Aesir
separatesRealm Asgard ⓘ
Jotunheim ⓘ
status mythical, not a physical river in real geography ⓘ
typeOfBoundary cosmic boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jotunheim → separatedBy → river Ifing ⓘ