Hermod

Family: Æsir · Role: messenger · First appears: Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 1

Life events

• Hermod undertook to ride to Hel and seek Balder’s return.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 1)
  • With: Balder
  • “But he is called Hermod, the Nimble, Odin’s swain, who undertook this journey. Odin’s steed, Sleipner, was led forth. Hermod mounted him and galloped away.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 1

• employer: Odin “But he is called Hermod, the Nimble, Odin’s swain, who undertook this journey.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter XV · The Death of Balder · Part 2

• siblings with Balder “He went in, and saw there sitting on the foremost seat his brother Balder.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.