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See also:HEIMDAL, or HEIMDALL , in Scandinavian See also:mythology, the keeper of the See also:gates of See also:Heaven and the See also:guardian of the See also:rainbow See also:bridge See also:Bifrost . He is the son of See also:Odin by nine virgins, all sisters . He is called " the See also:god with the See also:golden See also:teeth." He lives in the stronghold of Himinsbiorg at the end of Bifrost . His See also:chief attribute is a vigilance which nothing can See also:escape . He sleeps less than a See also:bird; See also:sees at See also:night and even in his See also:sleep; can hear the grass, and even the See also:wool on a See also:lamb's back grow . He is armed with See also:Gjallar, the magic See also:horn, with which he will summon the gods on the See also:day of See also:judgment . |
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