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Grimnismol

27.[1] Sith and Vith,  Sækin and Ækin,Svol and Fimbulthul,  Gunnthro and Fjorm, Rin and Rinnandi,Gipul and Gopul,  Gomul and Geirvimul, That flow through the fields of the gods;Thyn and Vin,  Thol and Hoi, Groth and Gunnthorin.
28.[2] Vino is one,  Vegsvin another, And Thjothnuma a third;Nyt and Not,  Non and Hron,Slith and Hrith,  Sylg and Ylg,Vith and Von,  Vond and Strond,Gjol and Leipt,  that go among men. And hence they fall to Hel.
  1. ↑ The entire passage from stanza 27 through stanza 35 is confused. The whole thing may well be an interpolation. Bugge calls stanzas 27-30 an interpolation, and editors who have accepted the passage as a whole have rejected various lines. The spelling of the names of the rivers varies greatly in the manuscripts and editions. It is needless here to point out the many attempted emendations of this list. For a passage presenting similar problems, cf. Voluspo, 10-16. Snorri virtually quotes stanzas 27-28 in his prose, though not consecutively. The name Rin, in line 3, is identical with that for the River Rhine which appears frequently in the hero poems, but the similarity is doubtless purely accidental.
  2. ↑ Slith may possibly be the same river as that mentioned in Voluspo, 36, as flowing through the giants' land. Leipt: in Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, 29, this river is mentioned as one by which a solemn oath is sworn, and Gering points the parallel to the significance of the Styx among the Greeks. The other rivers here named are not mentioned elsewhere in the poems.

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