Heimdall

Norse · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity

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

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