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Rind by Spells

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  1. Kormak said this:
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  3. The land-getter, who binds the mast-top straight, honours
  4. the provider of the deities’ fiord [the mead of poetry, whose
  5. provider is the poet] with a head-band. Ygg [Odin] won
  6. Rind by spells.
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  9. - Prose Edda, Skaldskaparmal
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  13. As explained earlier in Gylfaginning and further on in Skaldskaparmal, Rind was a Aesir goddess that Odin had a child with. Apparently, some sources call her a giantess instead, but I couldn't find any that did so:
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  17. ‘Ali or Vali is the name of one, the son of Odin and Rind. He is
  18. bold in battles and a very good shot.
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  21. - Prose Edda, Gylfaginning
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  25. Thor’s mother Iord and Vali’s
  26. mother Rind are reckoned among the Asyniur.
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  29. - Prose Edda, Gylfaginning
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  33. Now shall all the Asyniur be named. Frigg and Freyia, Fulla
  34. and Snotra, Gerd and Gefiun, Gna, Lofn, Skadi, lord and
  35. Idunn, Ilm, Bil, Niorun.
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  37. Hlin and Nanna, Hnoss, Rind and Siofn, Sol and Saga, Sigyn
  38. and Vor. Then there is Var, and Syn must be named, but
  39. Thrud and Ran reckoned next to them
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  42. - Prose Edda, Skaldskaparmal
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