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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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  4. Vali

Vali

Vali was the son of Odin and the giantess Rind. (Vali should not be confused with the son of Loki and Sigyn, who also was named Vali).

When his half-brother Höd (Hod) killed Vali's other half-brother Balder, Rind gave birth to Vali on that very same day. Before Vali was one night old, the infant grew to man-size and killed Höd as revenge for Balder's death. He was therefore called Balder's avenger or avenging As. (See Death of Balder for the full story.)

Vali survived Ragnarök (Ragnarok).

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Aesir:

  • • Odin
  • • Ve (Lodur)
  • • Vili (Hœnir)
  • • Thor
  • • Tyr
  • • Njörd
  • • Freyr (Lord)
  • • Heimdall
  • • Loki
  • • Ull
  • • Bragi
  • • Forseti
  • • Vidar
  • • Vali
  • • Balder
  • • Höd
  • • Hermod
  • • Mimir
  • • Magni and Modi
  • • Frigg
  • • Freyja (Lady)
  • • Sif
  • • Idun
  • • Jörd (Fjörgyn)
  • • Rind
  • • Gefjon
  • • Fulla
  • • Thrud
  • • Sol and Moon
  • • Other Asyniur
  • • Aegir
  • • Ran
  • • Nott
  • • Hel
  • • Norns
Vili (Hœnir)

Vili (Hœnir)

Vili was the son of the giants Bor and Bestla . Vili was sometimes called Hœnir (Hoenir or Haenir). Vili, along with his brothers, Odin and Ve , killed the giant Ymir and created the universe. As Hœnir, he gave the gifts of spirit and understandin...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Rind

Rind

Rind was the mother of Vali , by Odin. Rind gave birth to Vali just after Balder's death. Vali grew man or giant-sized overnight, to avenge Balder by killing Hod . Rind was sometimes seen as the sun goddess, but she was possibly the goddess of the...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Balder

Balder

Dying god. Balder (Baldr or Balðr) was the son of Odin and Frigg . He was brother of Höd (Hod). Balder married Nanna, the daughter of Nep. They had a son named Forseti . Balder dwelt in a palace called Breidablik with his wife, in Asgard. Balder w...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Vidar

Vidar

Vidar was the son of Odin and the giantess Grid "peace". Vidar was known as the silent god or silent As, because he rarely talked. Vidar was thesecond strongest As after Thor . Vidar lived in Brushwood. Brushwood was either the name of his hall or...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Höd

Höd

Blind god. Höd (Hod) was the son of Odin and Frigg . Höd was the brother of Balder . He was the god of winter and darkness. Loki tricked Höd into throwing mistletoe at his brother, the only object that could kill Balder. Vali avenged Balder's deat...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Death of Balder

Death of Balder

Another sign that the end of the world was coming, was the death of Balder (Baldr). Balder was the beautiful son of Odin and Frigg . Balder was also the brother of Hod and Hermod. His twin brother Hod was a god suffering from blindness, and theref...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Baldur

Baldur

Baldur: The Tragedy of Odin’s Son Baldur, god of beauty, wisdom, and fairness, was the most beloved of all the gods in Norse mythology. He was also the most beautiful and likely the most important god in the Norse pantheon, the Aesir. He was one o...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Valhalla

Valhalla

Valhalla was a great hall belonging to Odin, in Asgard, where heroes who had fallen in battle or some great adventure wait for coming of Ragnarök. Only those who had shown great courage and skill in battles or adventures were ever chosen; these fa...

August 27th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Ve (Lodur)

Ve (Lodur)

Ve was the son of the giants Bor and Bestla . Ve was sometimes called Lodur, Lodar or Lother. He along with his brothers, Odin and Vili (Hoenir), killed the giant Ymir and created the universe. When they created mankind Lodur gave the gifts of sen...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Valhalla

Valhalla

Of Valhalla, the Icelandic Snorri Sturluson gives us the most vivid detail in his Prose Edda . Valhalla , or "Hall of the Heroes", was the best-known hall in Asgard, which was another residency belonging to Odin, or Val-father ("Father of the Slai...

July 23rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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