What is Heimdall's role?
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watchman of the gods
Heimdall guards the rainbow bridge Bifröst, the only access to the gods' realm Asgard.
💡 Did you know? He needs less sleep than a bird and can see hundreds of miles even at night.
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What makes Heimdall the perfect watchman?
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superhuman senses
Heimdall can hear the grass grow and the wool on sheep: no enemy can creep up unseen.
💡 Did you know? His golden teeth earned him the nickname „Gullintanni.“
What is Heimdall's horn Gjallarhorn for?
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to announce Ragnarök
When the enemies approach, Heimdall blows the Gjallarhorn and calls all the gods to the final battle.
💡 Did you know? At Ragnarök Heimdall and Loki face each other and slay one another.
What is unusual about Heimdall's birth?
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nine mothers bore him
Legend says Heimdall was borne by nine sisters together: often read as the waves of the sea.
💡 Did you know? Perhaps it points to his origin at the edge of the world, where sky and sea meet.
Under what name did Heimdall create the human classes?
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as Ríg
As „Ríg“ Heimdall wandered the earth and became the ancestor of serfs, farmers and nobles.
💡 Did you know? So he was regarded as the ancestor of all human society.
Where does the watchman Heimdall live?
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by the bridge Bifröst
Heimdall lives in Himinbjörg, „heaven mountain,“ right by the rainbow bridge Bifröst.
💡 Did you know? From there he keeps watch over all nine worlds.
What is Heimdall's hall at the bridgehead called?
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Himinbjörg
The “heaven-fortress” right by Bifröst.
💡 Did you know? There he drinks good mead, says the Grímnismál.
What byname does Heimdall bear for his teeth?
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Gullintanni: gold-tooth
His teeth are of pure gold.
💡 Did you know? Fittingly, his horse is Gulltoppr: gold-mane.
With whom does Heimdall kill and be killed at Ragnarök?
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with Loki
The old rivals fall together.
💡 Did you know? They once wrestled over Brísingamen, as seals.
Who were Heimdall's nine mothers?
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the nine wave sisters
Daughters of the sea giant Ægir, by one reading.
💡 Did you know? That would make the watchman a son of the sea.
What can the watchman Heimdall hear growing?
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grass and wool
The grass of the earth and the wool on sheep.
💡 Did you know? He needs less sleep than a bird.
Which three estates did Heimdall create as Ríg?
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thralls, farmers and jarls
On his wandering he fathered the ancestors of all three.
💡 Did you know? Thus the Rígsþula justifies the order of estates.
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