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94 EELIGION OF THE NOETHMEN.
from the whole world. His horse is the gray eight-
footed Sleipnir. Odin's names are manifold; for
he never calls himself by the same name when he
journeys among the people.
-Thpr (^orr'i is the second of the .^ir, a son of
Odin, and his own daughter JorS (Earth). Jle- io.
-4heL_ate)ngest of the Gods ; his dwelling is Thru3vangar
or ThruSheim; his hall the immense Bilskirnir.
To him come bondsmen after death. Thor
drives in a car which is drawn by two goats, and is
therefore called Oku-|)6rr the Driving Thor. He
is also called H16rri5i the Fi/re-Cha/rioteer. The
mountains shake and aTe riven asunder, and
the earth burns beneath his chariot. Fire flashes
from his eyes when he is angry. The Belt of
Strength (megin-gjorfi) redoubles his Asa-might.
Unceasingly he fights against the Jotuns, who trem-
ble at his hammer Mjolrdr, smithied by skiUful-
Dwarves. His wife is Sif, with golden hair. The
boy Thjalfi and the girl Eoskva, brother and sister,
go with him on his travels.
Baldur is a son of Odin»and Friga. He is so
beautiful that all things are made light by him ; he
is beloved by all and is the Comforter of the unfor-
tunate. His wife is Nanna and his dwelling is
BreiSablik, where nothing impure is found.
NjorS was born in Yanaheim among the wise
Vanir, but was received among the ^sir when the
Vanir, in a treaty with the latter, gave him as a
hostage and received Hsenir in his stead. NjorS
rules the course of the winds, stills the sea and fire,
and deals out riches among meHi He is invoked in