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Gambanteinn

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A named wand of Norse verse, a “twig of power” in the god-poems. Not a generic staff, not Lævateinn, and not a caduceus.

Norse tradition

Gambanteinn appears in Norse tradition.
The Poetic Edda names gambanteinn, the wand Skírnir takes in Skírnismál. A named stave in that poem-corpus, not Lævateinn and not a generic staff.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Poetic Edda · Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)
The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.