They returned to the offended Gunlod. She was not stupid, she sensed the truth. From the adventure of Odin transformed as Bolverk, nine months later she gave birth to a son named Bragi. When the boy grew up, she sent him to her father Odin. He was enchanting with his words, as sweet-spoken as sweet mead – proof of its creation with the help of mead.
Kvasir was the god of poetry. Yes, even among wars, among adventures, there was room for poetry. The birth of Kvasir is no less miraculous than he himself. However, for the clever deity, who understood the plan of the insidious Loki with the fishing net, it is fitting for him to have an unusual story about his birth.
After the Aesir found out that the giant Tok, who did not mourn Balder and thus remained in the Underworld, was in fact Loki, he himself inflicted the last insult. At a big party he attended, because he was Odin’s blood brother after all, a big feast was there. The beer was poured, masterfully prepared and served dishes, and all by two servants Eldir and Fimafeng. Loki didn’t like it at all and just killed Fimafeng.
Frigg was the patroness of women in labor. She helped women in childbirth, taught women in labor to lie on a bed of yellow grass, whose pungent odor drove away fleas. Frigg guided them with her voice when they gave birth, with the soothing exhortations of motherly love. She became a patron and goddess of love. Freya was of romantic passionate love, while Frigg was of devoted motherly caress. She also tenderly loved her sons Hoder and Balder, and raised them in the palace of Fensalir. She adored them. But her sons were odd in their own ways, like day and night.
The god Heimdall, also called the White God, is the son of the Allfather Odin and nine mothers who were giant sisters as inseparable as the waves of the sea. He was also called Hallinskídi and Gullintanni, his teeth were made of gold, his horse’s name was Gold-top. How exactly the god Heimdall was born is a mystery.
After the great war between the Aesir and the Vanir, the wall around Asgard was destroyed by the clash of the gods. No one took on the difficult task of rebuilding the wall until the builder arrived. This mysterious figure rode alone on a magnificent stallion, and when he reached the Bifrost Bridge, Heimdall, the guardian of the bridge, asked him what he was looking for and what is he doing here.
Loki, the god of tricks, mischief and cunning. It is no coincidence that he is known in this way, his reputation haunted him everywhere, but deservedly so. Like when he jokingly decided to disfigure the head of Thor’s wife, Sif. Thor’s wife was beautiful, with long blond hair in golden curls. But Loki, bored, decided to climb into her bedroom while she slept one night and cut her golden hair. At that time, only slaves were short haired, and yet it was Sif – a goddess. In the morning, when Sif realized that someone had mocked her so cruelly, Thor immediately thought of only one that could afford to do such a thing.
One day Thor realized that Mölnir was gone. The great hammer Mölnir, which was a gift to him because of the dexterity of Loki and the dwarf Brock. With Mölnir Thor defended Asgard, and most of his strength was in the hammer, and without him he was weak and vulnerable. He searched everywhere and noticed a note in his room from the giant Thrym, who stole the ransom hammer.
Njord, originally from the Vanir, had two children: his son, the god Frey, and his daughter, the goddess Freya, also Vanir. When Njord was sent to the Aesir as a hostage after the great war between the Aesir and the Vanir, the god Frey and the goddess Freya followed him to Asgard. But Frey also felt good in Asgard – the gods treated him well. Frey was a cheerful god of sunlight, fertility, and the summer breeze. Everyone loved Frey except the ice giants, whom he himself could not stand – sun and ice – were not first friends.
High in Trimheim, the giant Skadi was waiting for her father Thiazi to return. In the cold winds of Jotunheim. Skadi wants the most the return of her father. It was she who saw her father descend after Loki, who transformed into a falcon, but was inexperienced in this bird form, and Thiazi more experienced in his eagle form and more powerful than the deity of cunning, it was logical for Thiazi to return soon with the goddess Idunn and the apples of immortality. After all, the hated gods are nothing compared to the power of the giants.
Idunn was the goddess of immortality. In her possession were magic apples, unknown where they came from, but especially edible and wonderful. These apples were the basis of the immortality of the gods – the bodies of the gods are more perfect than those of humans, dwarves and giants, but they were not indestructible. Their longevity and youth were due to the goddess Idunn and her apples.
Goddess Freya was extremely beautiful. Even more beautiful than the omniscient beauty Sif – the wife of the god Thor. Goddess Freya came to the Aesir after the great war between the Vanir and the Aesir. With the thought of reconciliation, she agreed to stay with the Aesir. However, Freya fell in love with Od, with whom she created her two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi. But Od loved to travel and abandoned the goddess Freya without explanation. She did not know the reason and sadness came over her. Every tear of hers turned every rock into red gold.
