Iceland · North Atlantic
Goddesses of story and healing preserved in the Eddas written down in medieval Iceland.
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goddess · Norse / Icelandic
She Who Drinks with Odin at Sökkvabekkr
Sága appears in the Icelandic Eddas as a goddess who drinks each day with Odin from golden cups at Sökkvabekkr, the 'sunken bank' where cool waves flow. Her name is often linked by modern readers to storytelling, though scholars debate the etymology.
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goddess · Norse / Icelandic
Best of Healers
Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda names Eir among the Ásynjur and calls her the best of physicians. In Fjölsvinnsmál she sits with the maidens of Lyfjaberg, the 'hill of healing'.
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