Hoenir

Also known as: Honer · Family: Æsir · Role: god · First appears: Elder Edda · The Vala's Prophecy · Part 1

In the Vala’s Prophecy, Hoenir joined Odin and Lodur in giving Ask and Embla their qualities: “Spirit gave Odin, sense gave Hoenir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour.” In the Fooling of Gylfe, Njord was given as a hostage to the gods, who received Hoenir in his stead; Njord established peace between the gods and vans. In Poetical Diction, Hoenir was among the gods sitting with Odin and Loke when Thjasse glided down, eager to kill.

Relationship record

Life events

• Odin, Hoenir, and Lodur gave Ask and Embla spirit, sense, blood, and goodly colour.(Elder Edda · The Vala's Prophecy · Part 1)
  • With: Ask Embla Odin Lodur
  • “Spirit gave Odin, sense gave Hoenir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour.”
• Njord was given as a hostage to the gods, who received Honer in his stead.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VIII · The Asas · Part 2 · 📍 Vanaheim)
  • With: Njord
  • “but the vans gave him as a hostage to the gods, and received in his stead as an asa-hostage the god whose name is Honer.”
• Njord established peace between the gods and vans.(Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VIII · The Asas · Part 2)
  • With: Njord
  • “He established peace between the gods and vans.”

Elder Edda · The Vala's Prophecy · Part 1

• with Ask (created) “Spirit gave Odin, sense gave Hoenir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour.”
• with Embla (created) “Spirit gave Odin, sense gave Hoenir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour.”
• protégé: Ask “Spirit gave Odin, sense gave Hoenir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour.”
• protégé: Embla “Spirit gave Odin, sense gave Hoenir, blood gave Lodur, and goodly colour.”

Younger Edda · The Fooling of Gylfe · Chapter VIII · The Asas · Part 2

• with Njord (Njord and Honer were exchanged as hostages.) “He was fostered in Vanaheim, but the vans gave him as a hostage to the gods, and received in his stead as an asa-hostage the god whose name is Honer.”

Younger Edda · Poetical Diction · Idun

• enemies with Thjasse “The giant, eager to kill, Glided down Where the unsuspecting gods, Odin, Loke and Honer, were sitting.”

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