A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, Ullr (also known as Ullr, Uller) is a patron of winter, a handsome skier, skater, hunter, and an excellent archer. His extraordinary skills were often prized in skaldic poetry.
He never missed the target, no matter how far and small it was. It's good to call him into a fight. As he was the fastest skier, no one could compete with him. From him, people learned this art.
Snorre Sturluson says about him briefly in his Edda:
"Ullr is named one, son of Siv and stepson of Thor," and associates him with the bow and with snow-shoes. In another place in Eddan, Snorre says that Ullr can be called the Ski god, the Bow god, the Hunting god, and the Shield god.
Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1160 – c. 1220), the 12th-century Danish historian and theologian, tells us that Ullr crossed the sea on a magic bone, suggesting skates.
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