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In Norse mythology, Brísingamen (or Brísinga men) is the torc or necklace of the goddess Freyja, of which little else is known for certain. The name is...

1590) building known as Toad Hall. His first novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, was published in 1960. A children's fantasy novel set on the Edge, it...

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley is a children's fantasy novel by English author Alan Garner. Garner began work on the novel, his literary...

seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni...

Alan Garner, published in 1963. It is the sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Once again, it details the involvement of two children, Colin and Susan...

notable stories include the recovery of Freyja's treasured possession Brísingamen while doing battle in the shape of a seal with Loki. The antagonistic...

names of Odin A character in the children's novel, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen An "ancestor god" of the dwarfs in Warhammer Fantasy (setting) Name of...

halls of the Æsir to tremble in her anger, and her necklace, the famed Brísingamen, falls from her. Freyja pointedly refuses. As a result, the gods and...

Skíðblaðnir, Gleipnir and Gungnir, while in Sörla þáttr they craft Brísingamen for Freyja. They further created the Mead of Poetry from the blood of...

is so enraged by this request that the hall shakes, and her necklace, Brísingamen, breaks off. The goddess refuses. The gods meet together in counsel (see...

system. The story drew from Norse mythology, including the legend of the Brísingamen, and explored the concept of time dilation. "The Dowry of Angyar" drew...

halls of the Æsir to tremble in her anger, and her necklace, the famed Brísingamen, falls from her. Freyja pointedly refuses. As a result, the gods and...

of the Edge, and other local legends, in his novels The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath. Garner, born in Congleton, was raised in Alderley...

Östergötland has been seen as Freya because it wears a necklace that could be Brisingamen. Another image that recurs in Norse artwork from this period is the valknut...

Antarctica at slightly shallower depths. The family was named after Brísingamen, a necklace belonging to Freya from Norse mythology that was stolen by...

Rydberg, following Snorri in seeing the struggle as over Freyja's necklace Brísingamen, went a step further and saw the necklace as having been lying on the...

by: Asuna Tomari (Japanese); Rebeka Thomas (English) The leader of the Brísingamen Squadron that Lena commands after the Spearhead Squadron was ended. Shiden's...

David; Faber, Michael (2010). "Praise for Garner". The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (50th Anniversary ed.). London: HarperCollins Children's Books. p. 1...

lover"), Svipdag's love interest in that poem, with Freyja the owner of Brísingamen. Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson proposes that a cult of the Vanir may have...

halls of the Æsir to tremble in her anger, and her necklace, the famed Brísingamen, flies off of her. Freyja flatly refuses, saying that if she did (allow...