Hermod
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thumb|right|250px|Hermóðr rides to Hel on Sleipnir. He meets Hel and Baldr. From the 18th century Icelandic manuscript NKS 1867 4to. Hermóðr (Old Norse: , "war-spirit"; anglicized as Hermod) is a figure in Norse mythology, a son of the god Odin and brother of Baldr.
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Attestations
- ''Prose Edda''
- ''Poetic Edda''
- Skaldic poetry
- ''Beowulf''
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|250px|Hermóðr rides to Hel on Sleipnir. He meets Hel and Baldr. From the 18th century Icelandic manuscript NKS 1867 4to. Hermóðr (Old Norse: , "war-spirit"; anglicized as Hermod) is a figure in Norse mythology, a son of the god Odin and brother of Baldr.
==Attestations==
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