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Tofa (Poetic Edda)
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Tófa is the wife of Angantyr and mother of Hervor in Norse mythology. She is mentioned only once in Hervararkviða, part of Heiðreks saga, otherwise known as the Tyrfing Cycle of Old Norse legends.
Appearance in Heiðreks saga
Tófu is mentioned only once, in the legendary saga of Hervor's Waking of Angantyr: [1]
Vaki, Angantýr! || vekr þik Hervǫr, |
The name is thought to be a shortened form of Þorfríðr, whose first element is the deity name Thor and whose second is an Old Norse word meaning 'beautiful'.[2][3][4]
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