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Svalinn

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A named shield of Norse sky-story, said to stand before the sun. Not Prydwen, not aegis, not Chimalli, and not a generic shield.

Norse tradition

Svalinn appears in Norse tradition.
Grímnismál in the Poetic Edda names Svalinn as the shield that stands before the sun. A named sky-shield in that poem, not chimalli, not aegis, and not a generic shield.
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.