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Hœnir

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Hœnir is one of the Æsir. In Ynglinga saga, Hœnir was exchanged as a hostage from the Æsir with Njörðr, Freyr and Kvasir from the Vanir.

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Relationships

allied with
Mímir, Odin, Loki
enemy of
Kvasir, Njörðr, Freyr
co occurs with
Ymir, Búri, Bestla, Ve, Ask, Embla, Lóðurr, Borr, Bölþorn, High, Just-as-High, Third, áss
syncretized with
Vili

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. *ansu-
  2. Vili and Vé
  3. Lóðurr

Source passages

“This conflict between the gods occurred long in the past and in Ynglinga saga ends with the exchange of Hœnir and Mímir as hostages from the Æsir with Njörðr, Freyr and Kvasir from the Vanir.”

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“High, Just-as-High, and Third Hœnir”

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“Völuspá does Hœnir and Lóðurr, some scholars have reasoned that Lóðurr might be another name for either Vili or Vé. Viktor Rydberg was an early proponent of this theory, but recently it has received little attention. A more popular theory proposed by the scholar Ursula Dronke is that Lóðurr is”

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