Tófa (''Tófu'') is the wife of
Angantyr and mother of
Hervor in
Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern peri ...
. She is mentioned only once the ''
Poetic Edda
The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the '' Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic me ...
'', in ''
Hervararkviða''. The ''Poetic Edda'' is part of the
Tyrfing Cycle of
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
legends.
Tófu is mentioned only once, in the
legendary saga of Hervor's Waking of Angantyr:
The name is a shortened form of ''Thorfrithr'', meaning "beautiful
Thor
Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing ...
" or "peace of Thor".
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See also
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Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
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J. R. R. Tolkien
*
Legendary saga
*
Norse saga
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*''
Prose Edda''
References
Other sources
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Henrikson, Alf (1998) ''Stora mytologiska uppslagsboken'' (Bokförlaget Forum - Bonnier AB)
Related Reading
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Vigfússon, Gudbranðour (with
F. York Powell
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Biography
He was born on 4 January 1850 at 43 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, London, the son of Frederick Powell, a commissariat merchant, and his wife Ma ...
) (1883) ''Corpus Poeticum Boreale: The Poetry of the Old Northern Tongue, from the Earliest Times to the Thirteenth Century, Volume 1, Eddic Poetry'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press)
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