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Hermóðr the Brave ( Old Norse " war-spirit ", anglicized as Hermod ) is a figure in Norse mythology, the son of god Odin.
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In the Old Norse Eiríksmál it is Sigmund and his nephew Sinfjötli (= Fitela ) who are sent to greet the dead King Eirík Bloodaxe and welcome him to Valhalla while in the Hákonarmál it is Bragi and Hermóðr who are sent to greet King Hákon the Good in the same situation, potentially suggesting an equivalence between the two was seen.
He may be the same as one of the personages named Hermóðr in Old Norse sources.
Hermóðr and Norse
Hermiod, named after the Norse god Hermóðr and voiced by Trevor Devall, is an Asgard technician assigned to the Daedalus.
Hermóðr and Hermod
" Hermóðr | Hermod before Hela " ( 1909 ) by John Charles Dollman.
Hermóðr and is
In the poem Hákonarmál, Hákon the Good is taken to Valhalla by the valkyrie Göndul and Odin sends Hermóðr and Bragi to greet him.
Attempting to decide is further confused because Hermóðr also seems to be sometimes the name of a god and sometimes the name of a hero.
Hermóðr encounters Móðguð, who is the guard of the bridge (" Furious Battler ").
In Valhalla, Haakon is greeted by Hermóðr and Bragi.
Hermóðr is called " son " of Odin in most manuscripts, while in the Codex Regius version — normally considered the best manuscript — Hermóðr is called sveinn Óðins ' Odin's boy ', which in the context is as likely to mean ' Odin's servant '.
However Hermóðr in a later passage is called Baldr's brother and also appears as son of Odin in a list of Odin's sons.
It is not certain that either Hermóðr or Bragi is intended to be a god in this poem.
Accordingly, it is debated whether Hermóðr might not have been the name of one or more ancient heroes or kings as well as the name of a god or whether the god mentioned by Snorri was in origin the same as an ancient hero or king named Hermóðr.
Hermóðr and god
The god Hermóðr volunteers and sets off upon the eight-legged horse Sleipnir to Hel.
In an attempt to bring back Baldr from the dead, the god Hermóðr rides to Hel and, upon receiving the hope of resurrection from the being Hel, Nanna gives Hermóðr gifts to give to the goddess Frigg ( a robe of linen ), the goddess Fulla ( a finger-ring ), and other gifts ( unspecified ).
Sent by Baldr's mother, the goddess Frigg, the god Hermóðr rides to the location of Hel to resurrect Baldr.
Baldr gives Hermóðr the ring Draupnir, which the god Odin had placed on Baldr's pyre, to return to Odin.
Hermóðr and Odin
While Hermóðr rides to Hel, Frigg arrives at the cremation with Odin, Hugin and Munin, and the Valkyries.
Baldr gave Hermóðr the ring Draupnir which had been burned with him on his pyre, to take back to Odin.
Hermóðr and .
The ring was subsequently retrieved by Hermóðr.
Her stepchildren are Thor, Hermóðr, Heimdallr, Týr, Bragi, Víðarr, Váli, Skjöldur, and Höðr.
Hermóðr agrees to this and set off with Sleipnir to Hel.
After a long journey, Hermóðr arrives in Hel, meets with Hel and pleads for the return of Baldr on behalf of Frigg.
Nanna, the wife of Baldr ( whose heart burst upon seeing the corpse of Baldr and was placed upon the pyre with Baldr ), gives gifts to Hermóðr to return to Asgard with.
Hermóðr arrives in Hel's hall, finds his brother Baldr there, and stays the night.
The next morning, Hermóðr begs Hel to allow Baldr to ride home with him, and tells her about the great weeping the Æsir have done upon Baldr's death.
Hermóðr agrees to ride to Hel to offer a ransom for Baldr's return, and so " then Odin's horse Sleipnir was fetched and led forward.
" Hermóðr mounts Sleipnir and rides away.
Hermóðr rides for nine nights in deep, dark valleys where Hermóðr can see nothing.
Some dialogue occurs between Hermóðr and Móðguðr, including that Móðguðr notes that recently there had ridden five battalions of dead men across the bridge that made less sound than he.
Sleipnir and Hermóðr continue " downwards and northwards " on the road to Hel, until the two arrive at Hel's gates.
Hermóðr dismounts from Sleipnir, tightens Sleipnir's girth, mounts him, and spurs Sleipnir on.
" Hermóðr rides up to the hall, and dismounts from Sleipnir.
After Hermóðr's pleas to Hel to return Baldr are accepted under a condition, Hermóðr and Baldr retrace their path backward and return to Asgard.
In Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Baldr goes to Hel upon death and subsequently Hermóðr uses Sleipnir to attempt to retrieve him.
Hermóðr, described as Baldr's brother in this source, sets out to Hel on horseback to retrieve the deceased Baldr.
To enter Hel, Hermóðr rides for nine nights through " valleys so deep and dark that he saw nothing " until he arrives at the river Gjöll (" Noisy ") and the Gjöll bridge.
Hermóðr then proceeds to cross it.
Brave and Old
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