Bragi

This article is about the Norse god. You may be looking for the Viking of the same name.

Bragi's Verve

Bragi was the skaldic god of poetry in Norse mythology and the husband to Iðunn. According to some accounts, like Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál, he was one of Odin's sons, though the identity of his mother was disputed and alternated between either Gunnlöð or Frigg.

Legacy and influence

Many Norsemen sought to earn reputation by naming their children after the god and training them as skalds. A handful of famous skalds have all born that name, perhaps most famously, Bragi Boddason, who served Ragnar Lothbrok during his campaign into England. In the late 9th century, the Raven Clan Viking Bragi served as one of a number of skalds aboard the personal longship belonging to the shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir.

Bragi had a totem named after him in the popular dice game Orlog. The piece "Bragi's Verve" would earn players extra favor tokens for every dice face that showed a grasping hand. An Anglo-Saxon woman in Grimsby, Lincolnshire possessed the piece, which she gave to Eivor after being defeated.

Behind the scenes

Bragi is only mentioned in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla in the form of an Orlog piece, and as such it is unconfirmed if he is also an Isu.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first mentioned)
• Echoes of History (mentioned only)