Rindr (Old Norse: ) or Rinda (Latin) (sometimes Anglicized Rind) is a female character in Norse mythology, described either as a goddess or a human princess. She was impregnated by Odin and gave birth to the avenger of Baldr's death—in the Old Norse sources, Váli.
Rindr (Old Norse: ) or Rinda (Latin) (sometimes Anglicized Rind) is a female character in Norse mythology, described either as a goddess or a human princess. She was impregnated by Odin and gave birth to the avenger of Baldr's death—in the Old Norse sources, Váli.
Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda refers to Rindr as the mother of Váli and one of the ásynjur (goddesses). The most detailed account is in Book III of the Gesta Danorum, written by Saxo Grammaticus around the early 13th century. There, she is a human princess named Rinda and is the daughter of the King of the Ruthenians. After Balderus' death, Othinus consulted seers on how to get revenge. On their advice, Othinus went to the Ruthenians disguised as a warrior called Roster. There, he was twice turned down by Rinda. He then wrote runes on a piece of bark and touched her with it, causing her to go mad, and disguised himself as a medicine woman called Wecha, who was allowed to see her. She finally fell ill; the disguised Othinus then said he had medicine with which to cure her, but that it would cause a violent reaction. On Othinus' advice, the king tied Rinda to her bed and Othinus proceeded to rape her. From the rape was born Bous, who would later avenge Balderus.
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