The Poetic Edda on Honir
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attestation: Honir is a little-known god who accompanies Othin and Loki and survives Ragnarok, gaining the gift of prophecy in the new age
"Hönir: little is known of this god, save that he occasionally appears in the poems in company with Othin and Loki, and that he survives the destruction, assuming in the new age the gift of prophesy"
attestation: Honir was given by the gods as a hostage to the Wanes after their war, exchanged for Njorth
"He was given by the gods as a hostage to the Wanes after their war, in exchange for Njorth"
attestation: Honir gains the gift of foretelling the future in the new age after the destruction
"Hönir: cf. stanza 18 and note. In this new age he has the gift of foretelling the future."