Garmr

mythical dog that guards the entrances to Hela's dwelling in Helheim, in Niflheim
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Garmr
Johannes Gehrts · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Garmr

Summary

Garmr is a Norse mythical animal[1]. Garmr draws 441 Wikipedia views per month (norse_mythical_animal category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Garmr's image is recorded as Hel-Johannes Gehrts.jpg[3].
  • Garmr's instance of is recorded as Norse mythical animal[4].
  • Garmr's instance of is recorded as mythological dog[5].
  • Garmr's killed by is recorded as Tyr[6].
  • Garmr's part of is recorded as Norse mythology[7].
  • Garmr's Commons category is recorded as Garmr[8].
  • Garmr's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0m2z1[9].
  • Garmr's manner of death is recorded as killing[10].
  • Garmr's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Garmr's described by source is recorded as Poetic Edda[12].
  • Garmr's described by source is recorded as Prose Edda[13].
  • Garmr's present in work is recorded as Grímnismál[14].
  • Garmr's present in work is recorded as Völuspá[15].
  • Garmr's present in work is recorded as Baldrs draumar[16].
  • Garmr's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'non', 'text': 'Garmr'}[17].
  • Garmr's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Garm[18].
  • Garmr's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-29128[19].
  • Garmr's Lex ID is recorded as Garm[20].
  • Garmr's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 19576[21].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Garmr include HNoMS Garm[22], a destroyer[23].

Why It Matters

Garmr draws 441 Wikipedia views per month (norse_mythical_animal category, ranking #2 of 10).[2] Garmr has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Garmr is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for Garmr include HNoMS Garm[22], a destroyer[23].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend (2002 edition). wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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