Who are the maidens Going many together Seeking their father? They have light hair, These white-hooded ones, Men cannot be safe against them. _Heidrek._ Gymir[295] has By Ran begotten[296] Wise-minded daughters; Billows they are called, And also waves; No man can be safe against them. _Gest._ Who are the widows That go all together To seek their father? They are seldom gentle To men, And they must be awake in the wind. _Heidrek._ These are the waves, Daughters of Ægir, They let themselves fall heavily. * * * * * _Gest._ Who are the maidens That walk over the reefs And journey along the fjords? These white-hooded women Have a hard bed, And make little stir in calm weather. _Heidrek._ Billows and waves And all breakers At last lay themselves on skerries;[297] Their beds are Rocks and stone-heaps, But the calm sea stirs them not. * * * * * _Gest._ Who lives on high mountains? Who lives in deep dales? Who lives without breath? Who is never silent? _Heidrek._ Ravens live on high mountains; Dew falls in deep dales; Fish live without breath in water, But the sounding waterfall Is never silent. _Gest._ Four are walking, Four are hanging, Two showing the way, Two keeping dogs off; One lags behind All his days, That one is always dirty. _Heidrek._ A cow is that beast Which thou didst see Walk on four feet, Four teats hang, And horns defend her: Her tail hung behind. _Gest._ What kind of wonder is it I saw outside Before the door of Delling? It had ten tongues, Twenty eyes; Forty feet That being moves forward. _Heidrek._ If thou art the one thou sayest, Then thou art wiser Than I expected; Thou talkest of A sow outside Which walked in the yard; She was slaughtered At the king’s will, And she was with nine pigs. _Gest._ Who are those two That go to the thing? They have three eyes both, Ten feet, And one tail have they both. Thus they pass over lands. _Heidrek._