Víðarr
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Oct 8, 2026
Svan HerulGUEST
So there are some folks who believe that Bragi is a product of that coupling.
Svan HerulGUEST
And Gríðr, again, this is in relation to the Aus, and this is Váli and Vidar, and their connections to Lord Odin.
Svan HerulGUEST
The mother-in-law of Nana is very interesting as well, obviously through Baldr, but it talks about her being brought into the Aesir, and the sharer of the hawk plumage.
Svan HerulGUEST
Throughout the stories, you will hear that the cape of hawk plumage that Frigg has, whereas Freyja is often spoken of as a falcon plumage.
Joe SummerfieldHOST
Today's story comes from Norse mythology, the tales of the gods of the Viking world.
Joe SummerfieldHOST
It was written down in 13th century Iceland by Snorri Sturluson in the collection that we now know as the Prose Edda, drawing on older poems and oral tradition.
Joe SummerfieldHOST
Two small details come from elsewhere in the same tradition.
Joe SummerfieldHOST
Tyr's title, Fosterer of the Wolf, from the part of Snorri's Edda written as a guide for poets, and Tyr's reply to Loki from an older poem called Lokasenna, found in the Poetic Edda.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
And then the world was in darkness and cold.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
In those times the gods lived, Odin and Thor, Hoder and Baldur, Tyr and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, as well as Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
And the beautiful goddesses were living then, Frigga, Freya, Nanna, Iduna, and Sif.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
But in the days when the sun and moon were destroyed, the gods were destroyed too.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
All the gods, except Baldur, who had died before that time, Vidar and Vali, the sons of Odin, and Modi and Magni, the sons of Thor.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
At that time too there were men and women in the world.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
But before the sun and the moon were devoured, and before the gods were destroyed, terrible things happened in the world.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
Lif was the woman's name, and Lifrasir was the man's.
DianaHOST
The wolf who killed Odin dies at the hands of Odin's son.
DianaHOST
Other surviving Norse poetry gives us a slightly different version, with Vidar killing Fenrir using a sword.
DianaHOST
That's one of the frustrations and pleasures of working with Norse mythology.
DianaHOST
We don't have one neat official version of these stories.
DianaHOST
We have pieces preserved in different poems and texts, sometimes agreeing and sometimes refusing to cooperate.
DianaHOST
But Vidar survives.
DianaHOST
After Ragnarok has burned away the Old World, he is among the gods who remain to see what comes next.
DianaHOST
That's where our story takes a strange turn back toward the stars.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
And then the world was in darkness and cold.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
In those times the gods lived, Odin and Thor, Hodur and Baldur, Tyr and Heimdall, Vidar and Vali, as well as Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
And the beautiful goddesses were living then, Frigga, Freya, Nanna, Iduna, and Sif.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
But in the days when the sun and moon were destroyed, the gods were destroyed too, all the gods except Baldur, who had died before that time, Vidar and Vali, the sons of Odin, and Modi and Magni, the sons of Thor.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
At that time, too, there were men and women in the world.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
But before the sun and the moon were devoured and before the gods were destroyed, terrible things happened in the world.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
Lif was the woman's name, and Lifthrasir was the man's.
Elizabeth KlettNARRATOR
They moved through the world, and their children and their children's children made people for the new earth.
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