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	Vikings & their Gods - Heimdal(l)
		Heimdall is the god of light, the son of nine mothers (variously given as the daughters of Geirrendour the Giant or of Aegir).
		He was born at the end of the world and raised by the force of the earth, seawater and the blood of a boar.
		Source: the Encyclopedia Mythica, please visit their site for much more
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/vikings/heimdall.htm (231 words)

	Norse Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		She is known to be the grieving mother of Balder, and she is the one who sends Hermod to attempt to get Balder back from the underworld.
		eimdall was the son of Odin and the nine virgin daughters of Geirrendour the Giant.
		Heimdall carried a great battle horn, whose sounding was to signal the final battle, Ragnarok as the giants from Jotunheim swarmed across Bifrost, into Asgard.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/8991/scanda.html (2112 words)

	Encyclopedia Mythica: Principal gods of Norse mythology
		Notes: It is generally given that the first wife of Njord, mother of Freya and Freyr, was his own sister, but there is no mention of her name (although some say Idun).
		Heimdall is sometimes regarded as the son of the daughters of Geirrendour the Giant.
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	www.pantheon.org /areas/genealogy/principal_norse.html (68 words)

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