According to Snorri, Hræsvelg was a giant who lived at the northernmost end of heaven. When Gangleri, an alias used by Gylfi, king of Sweden, questioned the mysterious three gods in the Prose Edda about where the winds come from, they answered that Hræsvelg would transform himself into a gigantic eagle. When Hræsvelg flew, the flapping of his wings would cause the winds to blow.
Hræsvelg, Hraesvelg.
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Nidhogg was a giant worm that resided near the Hvergelmir or "Roaring Kettle", one of three sacred wells. Nidhogg constantly gnawed at one of the roots of Yggdrasill ("World Tree") that supported the world, Niflheim. One of the signs that Ragnarök...
In the Norse myth of Ragnarok, Hrym was the giant who captained and piloted the ship, Naglfar. Naglfar was made of the untrimmed nails of the dead. Hrym would bring the frost giants from Giantland to the plain of Vigrid.
Hrungnir was a giant from Griotunagardar, frontier of Giantland. He was considered to be the strongest giant in the world. His head and heart was made of stone. Hrungnir owned a horse called Gullfaxi ("Golden Mane"), the fastest horse in the Giant...
Hrimthurs was the giant who built the walls around Asgard and owner of the intelligent and magical stallion called Svadilfari. Hrimthurs claimed he could build the wall within six months. Had Hrimthurs won, the giant would receive Freyja as his br...
Helgi Hiorvardsson should not be confused with Helgi Hundingsbani, son of Sigmund and Borghild (Helgi Hundingsbani was also known as Helgi Sigmundarson). This Helgi was a son of Hiorvard and Sigrlinn. Helgi was the hero of the 2nd heroic poem of t...
This is the legend of Helgi Hundingsbani, which formed part of Volsunga Saga, the myth of the hero Sigurd and the Niflungs (German Nibelungs). Helgi was a half-brother of Sigurd; their father was Sigmund and their grandfather was Volsung. The chap...
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Helgi Hundingsbani was a hero in one chapter of the Volsunga Saga, which followed the same plots of two poems in the Poetic Edda - Helgakvida Hundingsbana I and Helgakvida Hundingsbana II. The death of Helgi appeared in the second Eddaic poem. Str...
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Heimdall was known as the White As ("As" is singular for Aesir). Heimdall was the son of the Nine Waves (nine giantesses, who were sisters; this meant that Heimdall had nine mothers). The Nine Waves were the nine daughters of Aegir. Heimdall was a...