The Scandinavian god Heimdallr performs an analogous function: he is born first and will die last.

In Norse mythology, Heimdallr is a god who possesses the resounding horn Gjallarhorn, owns the golden-maned horse Gulltoppr, has gold teeth, and is the son of Nine Mothers.

Heimdallr is attested as possessing foreknowledge, keen eyesight and hearing, is described as " the whitest of the gods ", and keeps watch for the onset of Ragnarök while drinking fine mead in his dwelling Himinbjörg, located where the burning rainbow bridge Bifröst meets heaven.

Heimdallr is said to be the originator of social classes among mankind, once regained Freyja's treasured possession Brísingamen while doing battle in the shape of a seal with Loki, and Heimdallr and Loki are foretold to kill one another during the events of Ragnarök.

Heimdallr is additionally referred to as Hallinskiði, Gullintanni, and Vindlér or Vindhlér.

Heimdallr is attested as having three other names ; Hallinskiði, Gullintanni, and Vindlér or Vindhlér.

On the inscription, the god Heimdallr is mentioned alongside the god Odin and Þjálfi, a name of one of the god Thor's servants.

Regarding the inscription reading, John Hines of Cardiff University comments that there is " quite an essay to be written over the uncertainties of translation and identification here ; what are clear, and very important, are the names of two of the Norse gods on the side, Odin and Heimdallr, while Þjalfi ( masculine, not the feminine in-a ) is the recorded name of a servant of the god Thor.

In the Poetic Edda, Heimdallr is attested in six poems ; Völuspá, Grímnismál, Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, Rígsþula, and Hrafnagaldr Óðins.

Heimdallr is mentioned thrice in Völuspá.

With the onset of Ragnarök, Loki is foretold to slip free from his bonds and to fight against the gods among the forces of the jötnar, at which time he will encounter the god Heimdallr and the two will slay each other.

The god Heimdallr says that Loki is drunk and witless, and asks Loki why he won't stop speaking.

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (, or ), typically spelled Ragnarǫk in the handwritten scripts, is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures ( including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki ), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.

In Gylfaginning, Heimdallr is introduced in chapter 25, where the enthroned figure of High tells the disguised mythical king Gangleri details about the god.

Among other details, High says that Heimdallr is the son of nine sisters and, as a reference, provides two lines of the ( otherwise now lost ) poem Heimdalargaldr, in which Heimdallr himself says that he was born of nine sisters.

According to the Poetic Edda poem Hyndluljóð, Járnsaxa is the name of one of the Nine Mothers of Heimdallr.

They include the Indian goddess Aditi who is called two faced as is the one who starts and concludes ceremonies, and Scandinavian god Heimdallr.

Nonetheless he is inferior to sovereign god Oðinn: the Minor Völuspá defines his relationship to Oðinn almost with the same terms as which Varro defines that of Janus, god of the prima to Jupiter, god of the summa: Heimdallr is born as the firstborn ( primigenius, var einn borinn í árdaga ), Oðinn is born as the greatest ( maximus, var einn borinn öllum meiri ).

While not attested as Vanir, the gods Heimdallr and Ullr have been theorized as potential members of the group.

The Nine Mothers of Heimdallr are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ; in the poetry of skalds ; and possibly also in a poem in the Poetic Edda, a book of poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material.

The poem Völuspá hin skamma ( contained within the poem Hyndluljóð, oft considered a part of the Poetic Edda ) contains three stanza that scholars have frequently theorized as referring to Heimdallr and his nine mothers.

The single mention of Gjallarhorn by name occurs in the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, wherein a völva foresees the events of Ragnarök and the role in which Heimdallr and Gjallarhorn will play at its onset ; Heimdallr will raise his horn and blow loudly.

According to the Prose Edda, the bridge ends in heaven at Himinbjörg, the residence of the god Heimdallr, who guards it from the jötnar.

The Nine Mothers of Heimdallr are mentioned in two books of the Prose Edda ; Gylfaginning and Skáldskaparmál.

According to Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, he is the horse of Heimdallr.

" Heimdallr desires Iðunn's return from the Underworld " ( 1881 ) by Carl Emil Doepler.

The realm was said to have been formed from the flesh and blood of Ymir, his flesh constituting the land and his blood the oceans, and was connected to Asgard by the Bifröst, guarded by Heimdallr.

The poem starts with the völva requesting silence from " the sons of Heimdallr " ( human beings ) and asking Odin whether he wants her to recite ancient lore.

To drink from the well, he uses the Gjallarhorn, a drinking horn which shares its name with the sounding horn used by Heimdallr intended to announce the onset of Ragnarök.

Prose following the poem points out that the poem refers to Heimdallr as the son of nine mothers.

The theological features of Heimdallr look similar to Janus's: both in space and time he stands at the limits.

The god Heimdallr stands before the rainbow bridge while blowing a horn ( 1905 ) by Emil Doepler.

Heimdallr brings forth the gift of the gods to mankind ( 1907 ) by Nils Asplund

Image: Heimdallr and valkyries by Frølich. jpg | A depiction of valkyries encountering the god Heimdallr as they carry a dead man to Valhalla ( 1906 ) by Lorenz Frølich.

An illustration of valkyries encountering the god Heimdallr as they carry a dead man to Valhalla ( 1906 ) by Lorenz Frølich

Heimdallr Lifted by the Nine Wave Maidens ( 1882 ) by Karl Ehrenberg depicts Heimdallr's mothers as " wave maidens "

After the god Heimdallr awakens all the gods by blowing his horn Gjallarhorn, they will assemble at a thing, Odin will ride to the well Mímisbrunnr and consult Mímir on behalf of himself and his people, the world tree Yggdrasil will shake, and then the Æsir and the einherjar will don their war gear.

An illustration of valkyries encountering the god Heimdallr as they carry a dead man to Valhalla ( 1906 ) by Lorenz Frølich.

* Heimdall ( voiced by Teryl Rothery, who also played Dr. Janet Fraiser ) An Asgard scientist based on the Heimdallr of Norse mythology.

Heimdallr blows into Gjallarhorn in an 1895 illustration by Lorenz Frølich

* An obscure myth understood by Snorri Sturluson to deal with a competition between Loki and Heimdallr for Brísingamen.