Bragi is the god of poetry in Norse folklore...
He is the son of Odin and the husband of Idun, the goddess of fertility.
At his birth, the dwarfs gave Bragi a golden harp and set him afloat in a boat, which carried him out of the subterranean darkness, whereupon he began to sing and play the harp.
Landing, he walked through the woods and met Idun whom he married and they went off to Valhalla where he became the god of poetry and music...
Described as an old man with a long beard, Bragi welcomed the warriors who had died in battle to Valhalla...
Bragi is the divine archetype of ancient Germanic court poets such as Unferð in Beowulf.
According to the Prose Edda, one of the Old Norse words for “poetry” (bragr) is derived from the name of this god...
Bragi had close ties to Odin.
Both are gods of poetry, and both were associated with royal funeral services, when a "cup of Bragi" was used to drink to the honor of a dead king.
In addition, the two gods were often referred to as "long-bearded." Some scholars think that Bragi might have been the deified version of Bragi Boddason, a Norwegian poet of the 800s....
See Odin:
More:
Post Image: http://bit.ly/RgR6Zk