Mothers of Heimdallr

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In Norse mythology, Heimdallr is said to have nine mothers. Snorri Sturluson relates in the Edda (Gylfaginning, 27):

Heimdallr heitir einn, hann er kallaðr hvíti áss, hann er mikill ok heilagr. Hann báru at syni meyjar níu ok allar systr. ... Ok enn segir hann sjálfr í Heimdalargaldri:

Níu em ek mœðra mögr,
níu em ek systra sonr. - Text of Codex Regius

"Heimdallr is the name of one: he is called the White God. He is great and holy; nine maids, all sisters, bore him for a son. ... And furthermore, he himself says in Heimdalar-galðr:

I am of nine mothers the offspring,
Of sisters nine am I the son." - Brodeur's translation

Apart from those two lines the poem Heimdalargaldr is lost.

The same myth seems to be referred to in Hyndluljóð.

Vard einn borin
i ardaga
rammaukin miok
raugna kindar;
niu baru þann
naddgaufgann mann
iotna meyiar
vid iardar þraum.
...
Hann Gialp vm bar,
hann Greip vm bar,
bar hann Eistla
ok Eyrgiafa,
hann bar Vlfrun
ok Angeyia,
Imdr ok Atla
ok Iarnsaxa. - Bugge's edition.
"One was born
in bygone days,
with enormous power
of the sons of men;
then nine women gave birth to him,
to the spear-magnificent man,
daughters of giants,
at the edge of the Earth.
...
Gialp bore him,
Greip bore him,
Eistla bore him
and Eyrgiafa;
Ulfrun
and Angeyja,
Imd and Atla
and Iarnsaxa. - Larrington's translation

One theory associates the nine mothers of Heimdallr with the nine daughters of Rán and Ægir.

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