Vosud or Vásuðr ("Wet and Sleety"), a
jötunn
A (also jotun; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, ; ; plural / ) or, in Old English, (plural ) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, they are often contrasted with gods ( Æsir and Vani ...
from
Norse mythology, was the father of
Vindsvalr and grandfather of winter (
Vetr). He is seen as disagreeable and the personification of the icy wind.
[Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas, Helen A. Guerber, 1909, Chapter 1: The Beginning]
References
Jötnar
Personifications in Norse mythology
Wind gods
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