Vidar True Meaning: Translation, Attestations, Theories of Norse Gods/Deities

Playlist on the Norse Gods Sources Prose Edda Poetic Edda Lindow, John. Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs Dumézil, Georges. “Le dieu Scandinave Vidarr“. In: Revue de l’histoire des religions In Norse mythology, Víðarr is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance. Víðarr is described as the son of Odin and the jötunn Gríðr and is foretold to avenge his father’s death by killing the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök, a conflict he is described as surviving. Víðarr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and is interpreted as depicted with Fenrir