Heimdall

Watchman of the gods, born of nine mothers, guarding Bifröst at Himinbjörg with all-seeing senses.

Parentage

• Odin

Domains

• watchfulness guardianship

Powers

• See and hear across all distances
• need less sleep than a bird and see a hundred leagues by night or day
• father the orders of humankind as Rig

Epithets

• Gullintanni
• Hallinskíði
• Vindlér / Vindhlér
• hvíti áss

Relations

• sibling: Bragi
• sibling: Váli
• sibling: Víðarr
• sibling: Sigi
• sibling: Thor
• enemy: Loki

Sources

• Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 27; Poetic Edda, Völuspá 1, 46