Heiðrún

Their story

The goat Heiðrún stands on the roof of Valhalla and eats the leaves of the tree Læraðr. From her udder flows mead enough to fill a vat each day, so that all the einherjar can drink their fill.

Best times to give to them

• feasts
• when sharing drink

What they like being given

• mead or honeyed milk
• a toast in her name

How to honour them

1. Raise a first toast at a feast to Heiðrún, who never runs dry.
2. Share food and drink freely at gatherings, trusting there will be enough.

How they can help you

• abundance
• generous hosting

Symbols

• a goat on Valhalla's roof
• the tree Læraðr
• an endless vat of mead

Sources

• Poetic Edda, Grímnismál 25
• Prose Edda, Gylfaginning 39

More Norse beings

• Skaði Huntress of the snowy mountains
• Máni The Moon, who counts the years
• Sól The Sun, who drives her bright horses
• Nótt Night, mother of Day
• Dagr Day, the bright son of Night
• Jörð The Earth, mother of Thor
• Rán Mistress of the deep, who gathers the drowned
• Ægir Lord of the sea and brewer for the gods