
Heimdall – Mythopedia
Dec 8, 2022 · Heimdall the watcher was a Norse deity of the Aesir tribe, a god of keen eyesight and hearing who stood ready to sound the Gjallarhorn at the beginning of Ragnarök. From …
Bifrost - Mythopedia
Mar 11, 2023 · Ever-vigilant Heimdall, an Aesir god with keen eyesight, guarded the entrances to the bridge, and stood ready to sound the Gjallarhorn should enemies slip by. According to the …
Norse Gods - Mythopedia
Nov 29, 2022 · The Norse gods and goddesses are the array of deities honored by ancient Nordic worshipers. They primarily came from two different tribes, the Aesir and the Vanir, but were …
Poetic Edda: Rigsthula (Full Text) - Mythopedia
The fourteenth (or late thirteenth) century annotator identifies Rig with Heimdall, but there is nothing in the poem itself, and very little anywhere else, to warrant this, and it seems likely that …
Orishas - Mythopedia
Jun 1, 2023 · The orishas are the primary gods of the Yoruba pantheon, consisting of over 400 deities. The Supreme Being, Olorun, rules this pantheon from his home in the heavens.
Poetic Edda: Voluspo (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Fast move the sons of Mim, and fate Is heard in the note of the Gjallarhorn; Loud blows Heimdall, the horn is aloft, In fear quake all who on Hel-roads are. [42] Yggdrasil shakes, and shiver on …
Baldur – Mythopedia
Dec 8, 2022 · These half-brothers included Thor, Vidarr, Tyr, Heimdall, Hermod, and Bragi. Another half-brother, Váli, was conceived by Odin and the giantess Rindr after Baldur’s death …
Thor – Mythopedia
Dec 8, 2022 · Other half-brothers included Tyr, Heimdall, Bragi, and Hodr. Wood carved illustration from Olaus Magnus's A Description of the Northern Peoples (published in Rome, …
Jotunheim - Mythopedia
Dec 8, 2022 · The gods found this proposition unacceptable. As they debated alternative ways to retrieve the hammer, Heimdall hatched a scheme: dressed as Freya and her handmaiden, …
Poetic Edda: Lokasenna (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Loki spake: “Be silent, Heimdall! in days long since Was an evil fate for thee fixed; With back held stiff must thou ever stand, As warder of heaven to watch.” Skathi spake: “Light art thou, Loki, …