HABROK. A celebrated hero. HALLINSKIDE. Another name of Heimdal. HALOGE. A giant, son of Fornjot; also called Loge. HAMDER. Son of Jonaker and Gudrun, incited by his mother to avenge his sister's death. HAMSKERPER. A horse; the sire of Hofvarpner, which was Gna's horse. HANGAGOD. A name of Odin. HANGATYR. A name of Odin. HAPTAGOD. A name of Odin. HAR. The High One; applied to Odin. HARBARD. A name assumed by Odin. HATE. The wolf bounding before the sun, and will at last catch the moon. HEIDE. Another name for Gullveig. HEIDRUN. A goat that stands over Valhal. HEIMDAL. The god of the rainbow. HEIMER. Brynhild's foster-father. HEL. The goddess of death; daughter of Loke. HELBLINDE. A name of Odin. HELMET-BEARER. A name of Odin. HENGEKJAPT. The man to whom King Frode gave his mill. HEPTE. A dwarf. HERAN. A name of Odin. HERFATHER. A name of Odin. HERJAN. A name of Odin. HERMOD. The god who rode on Sleipner to Hel, to get Balder back. HERTEIT. A name of Odin. HILD. A valkyrie. HILDESVIN. A helmet, which King Adils took from King Ale. HIMINBJORG. Heimdal's dwelling. HINDFELL. The place where Brynhild sat in her hall, surrounded by the Vafurloge. HJALMBORE. A name of Odin. HJALPREK. A king in Denmark; collects a fleet for Sigurd. HJATLE THE VALIANT. One of Rolf Krake's berserks. HJORDIS. Married to Sigmund, and mother of Sigurd. HJUKE. One of the children that accompany Moon. HLEDJOLF. A dwarf. HLER. Another name of Æger. HLIDSKJALF. The seat of Odin, whence he looked out over all the world. HLIN. One of the attendants of Frigg; Frigg herself is sometimes called by this name. HLODYN. Thor's mother. HLOK. A valkyrie. HLORIDE. A name of Thor. HNIKER. A name of Odin. HNIKUD. A name of Odin. HNITBJORG. The place where Suttung hid the poetic mead. HNOS. Freyja's daughter. HODER. The slayer of Balder; he is blind. HODMIMER'S-HOLT. The grove where the two human beings, Lif and Lifthraser, were preserved during Ragnarok. HOFVARPNER. Gna's horse. HOGNE. A son of Gjuke. HONER. One of the three creating gods; with Odin and Loder he creates Ask and Embla. HOR. A dwarf. HORN. A name of Freyja. HRASVELG. A giant in an eagle's plumage, who produces the wind. HREIDMAR. The father of Regin and Fafner. HRIB. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer. HRIMFAXE. The horse of Night. HRINGHORN. The ship upon which Balder's body was burned. HRIST. A valkyrie. HRODVITNER. A wolf; father of the wolf Hate. HRON. One of the streams flowing from Hvergelmer. HROPTATYR. A name of Odin. HROTTE. Fafner's sword. HRUNGNER. A giant; Thor slew him. HRYM. A giant, who steers the ship Naglfar at Ragnarok. HVERGELMER. The fountain in the middle of Niflheim. HUGE. A person (Thought) who ran a race with Thjalfe, in Jotunheim. HUGIST. One of Odin's ravens. HUGSTORE. A dwarf. HYMER. A giant with whom Thor went fishing when he caught the Midgard-serpent. HYNDLA. A vala visited by Freyja. HYRROKEN. A giantess who launched the ship on which Balder was burned.
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The Younger Edda — Part 109
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