Hermodr

Hermodr rides on Sleipnir to the death goddess Hel to negotiate the release of his dead brother Balder. From an Icelandic manuscript of the 18th century.

Hermodr ( Old Norse : Hermóðr "Heermut"), also Hermod , is a god of lesser importance in Norse mythology .

He is the son of Odin and his brothers are Balder and Hödur . After the latter had killed the Balder by a trick Loki , Hermodr gets the order from Odin to bring the dead Balder back from the world of the dead. For this he receives Odin's horse Sleipnir . Hermóðr negotiates with the goddess of the dead Hel about the release of his brother Balder from the realm of the dead, but this is prevented by a trick of Loki.

The ride through deep, dark valleys lasted nine days, he stayed a night in the underworld, and then returned to Asgard with the decision and brought back to Odin the ring of Draupnir that Odin had placed on the pyre of the dead Balder. The asteroid of the outer main belt (2630) Hermod is named after him.

literature

Rudolf Simek : Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X , pp. 186-187.
Arnulf Krause: Reclam's lexicon of Germanic mythology and heroic saga. Stuttgart 2010, p. 127.

Web links

Commons : Hermóðr - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 TF ₃ . Discovered 1980 Oct. 14 at the Haute Provence Observatory at St. Michel. "

[1] Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 31, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1980 TF ₃ . Discovered 1980 Oct. 14 at the Haute Provence Observatory at St. Michel. "