Cattle (norse mythology)

Rind ( Old Norse. Rindr), according to Saxo Grammaticus Rinda, is an Aesi goddess in Norse mythology with whom Odin begat Wali against her will , who later avenged Balder by killing Hödur .

A Finnish fortune teller prophesies that only Odin and the king's daughter Rind together can bring forth the avenger for Balder's death. Odin breaks his refusal by forcibly fathering the avenger Wali (called "Bous" by Saxo Grammaticus) through disguise, magic and deception.

literature

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

Individual evidence

↑ Arnulf Krause, p. 229.
^ Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X , p. 351.

[1] Arnulf Krause, p. 229.

[2] Rudolf Simek: Lexicon of Germanic Mythology (= Kröner's pocket edition. Volume 368). 3rd, completely revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-520-36803-X , p. 351.