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Bookmark or Share- Norse Gods – MythopediaThe 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 united in their efforts to fight the jötnar, a tribe of giants dwelling in another realm of the world tree Yggdrasil.
- Poetic Edda: Voluspo (Full Text) - MythopediaFast 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 high The ancient limbs, and the giant is loose; To the head of Mim does Othin give heed, But the kinsman of Surt shall slay him soon.
- Heimdall – MythopediaHeimdall 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 what little evidence has survived, Heimdall appears to have been a protector of the deities and a guardian of the passages to and from the Nine Realms. For his alleged role in ...
- Bifrost - MythopediaEver-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 prophecies of Ragnarok, Heimdall would blow the Gjallarhorn when the armies of the jotunn invaded Asgard, and the Bifrost would crumble in the ensuing battle.
- Poetic Edda: Lokasenna (Full Text) - MythopediaLoki 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, but longer thou mayst not In freedom flourish thy tail; On the rocks the gods bind thee with bowels torn Forth from thy frost-cold son.”
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