Körmt and Örmt

In Norse mythology, Körmt and Örmt are two rivers which Thor wades through every day when he goes to judgment by Yggdrasill. The source for this is a strophe in Grímnismál which is also quoted in the Prose Edda.[1][2]

Thor wades through a river while the æsir ride across the bridge Bifröst (1895) by Lorenz Frølich

References
  1. Rydberg, Viktor (2020-04-11). Teutonic Mythology: The Gods and Goddesses of the Northland (Vol. 1-3): Complete Edition. e-artnow.
  2. Howitt, William; Howitt, Mary Botham (1852). The Literature and Romance of Northern Europe: Constituting a Complete History of the Literature of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland : in Two Volumes. Colburn. p. 36.
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