- In
Norse mythology,
Hœnir (also Hǿnir;
modern Icelandic Hænir,
modern Swedish Höner) is one of the Æsir. He is
mentioned in Vǫluspá as one of the three...
- the
Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, the
seeress reciting the poem
states that
Hœnir, Lóðurr and Odin once
found Ask and
Embla on land. The
seeress says that...
- upon
arrival in Vanaheimr,
Hœnir was
immediately made
chief and Mímir
often gave him good counsel. However, when
Hœnir was at
meetings and at the Thing...
- Vanaheim. Upon
arrival in Vanaheim,
Hœnir was
immediately made chief, and Mímir
often gave him good counsel. However, when
Hœnir was at
meetings and at the Thing...
-
parents back to Ymir,
progenitor of all jötnar, is not. In Völuspá 18,
Hœnir is
listed as one of the
three gods who
created the
first humans, Ask and...
- Njörðr as a
hostage to the Æsir, and the Æsir sent to the
Vanir the god
Hœnir. The
sending of Njörðr as a
hostage resulted in a
peace agreement between...
- trio of gods; Odin,
Hœnir, and Lóðurr: In
stanza 17 of the
Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, the völva
reciting the poem
states that
Hœnir, Lóðurr and Odin once...
-
Prose Edda
mentions the sons of Borr in the same
context as Völuspá does
Hœnir and Lóðurr, some
scholars have
reasoned that Lóðurr
might be
another name...
- of
treasure that was
often given as
weregild by the gods Odin, Loki, and
Hœnir for
their unintended killing of Hreiðmarr's son Ótr. Fáfnir
kills his father...
-
fostered by Regin, son of Hreidmar,
Regin tells him that once the gods Odin,
Hœnir, and Loki went to Andvara-falls,
which contained many fish. Regin, a dwarf...
