Editing Sæhrímnir (section)

==Theories==
Scholar [[Rudolf Simek]] comments that the theme of the eternally renewing beast is also found in myths of the god [[Thor]]'s goats ([[Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr]]) and may point to sacrificial rites in [[shamanism|shamanic]] practices. Simek finds a difference between the ''Grímnismál'' and ''Gylfaginning'' and explains it as a result of an embellishment on [[Snorri_Sturluson|Snorri]]'s part, which he says owes more to the introduction of "characteristics of a medieval [[paradise]]".<ref name="SIMEK273">Simek (2007:273).</ref>

19th century scholar [[Jacob Grimm]] says that no information has survived about the [[Greek hero cult|worship of heroes]] in [[Germanic paganism]] (as opposed to the worship of the gods) but proposes a potential connection between Sæhrímnir and hero worship:
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:[[Religion in ancient Greece|Grecian sacrifices]] to heroes differed from those offered to gods: a god had only the viscera and fat of the beast presented to him, and was content with the mounting odour; a deified hero must have the very flesh and blood to consume. Thus the einherjar admitted into [[Valhalla|Valhöll]] feast on the boiled flesh of the boar Sæhrîmnir, and drink with the [[Æsir|Ases]]; it is never said that the Ases shared in the food [...]. Are we to infer from this a difference in the sacrifices offered to gods and to demigods?"<ref name="GRIMM386">Grimm (1882:386).</ref>
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