Skip to content
EntityQ905546· pop 15· linked from 518 articles

Breidablik

Sign in to save

Also known as Breiðablik

Wikidata facts

Location
Álfheimr
Show 2 more facts
Sources (1)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Meaning
  • Attestations
  • Grímismál
  • Gylfaginning
  • Interpretation and discussion
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • Citations
  • Bibliography
  • Primary
  • Secondary

Breiðablik (sometimes anglicised as Breithablik or Breidablik) is the home of Baldr in Nordic mythology.

==Meaning== The word has been variously translated as 'broad sheen', 'Broad gleam', 'Broad-gleaming' or 'the far-shining one',

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breidablik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.