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THE GODS OF THE NOETH. 95
Sea-faring and Fishing. His wife is Skabi, daugh-
ter of the Jotnn Thjassi. But Nj6r5 and Ska5i
agree not together. NjorS dwells in Noatdn, by
the sea; Ska5i keeps to her father's dwelling at
Thrymheim, where she runs upon snoW-shoes over
the mountains, and shoots the wild beasts with her
bow.
Frey is the son of Nj6r5, and rules over rain
and sunshine and the earth's fniitfulness. He is
invoked for fruitful seasons, for peace and riches.
He is bland and good ;
he causes sorrow to no one, ,
but dehvers the bondsmen from their chains. His
dwelling is Alfheim. He drives with the boar
GuUinbursti (Golden Bristles), or sails in the noble
ship Ski5bla8nir, a work of the Dwarves. In order
to obtain the Jotun-daughter GerSa, whom he loved,
he gave away his good sword, and hence he is
' weaponless in the JEsir's last battle.
Tyr, the One-Handed, is the boldest among the
JEsir ; brave men are to invoke him.
Bragi, with the flowing beard, a son of Odin, is
the God of Poetry. His wife is Iduna, who keeps
the apples of which the Gods partake, that they
may never grow old.
Heimdall, the white God with the golden teeth,
the son of nine Jotun-virgins, is the "Watcher of the
Gods, and • dwells in Himinbjorg, which stands
where Bifrost's bridge approaches. Heaven. He is
more watchful than* a bird, and sees a hundred
miles away. When he blows in his trumpet Gjal-
larhorn it resounds throughout aU worlds.
The rest of the ^sir are : the blind, powerful