Norse mythology
Heimdall
Guardian of the Bifrost
- Mythology
- Norse mythology
- Group
- Fate · Aesir · Ruler
- Appears in
- The Lay of Rig · The Theft of Mjolnir · Ragnarok: Twilight of the Gods · The Aesir-Vanir War
- Objects
- Brisingamen · Hofund
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Heimdall is the watchman of the gods, born of nine mothers and stationed at the edge of Asgard where the rainbow bridge Bifrost meets the sky. He needs less sleep than a bird, sees a hundred leagues by day or night, and hears wool growing on sheep and grass on the earth. He guards the great horn Gjallarhorn, which he will sound to wake the gods when the giants storm Bifrost at Ragnarok, where he and Loki kill each other. In the Rigsthula he wanders the world as Rig and fathers the ancestors of thralls, farmers, and nobles.
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The Lay of Rig
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- Who is Heimdall?
- Heimdall is the watchman of the gods, born of nine mothers and stationed at the edge of Asgard where the rainbow bridge Bifrost meets the sky. He needs less sleep than a bird, sees a hundred leagues by day or night, and hears wool growing on sheep and grass on the earth.
- Which mythology does Heimdall belong to?
- Heimdall belongs to Norse mythology.
- Which stories does Heimdall appear in?
- Heimdall appears in The Lay of Rig, The Theft of Mjolnir, Ragnarok: Twilight of the Gods, The Aesir-Vanir War, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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