The Poetic Edda on Rind

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• attestation: Rind is mentioned as one of the goddesses whose son Vali was begotten by Odin to avenge Baldr's death

  "Rind: mentioned by Snorri as one of the goddesses. Concerning her son Vali, begotten by Othin for the express purpose of avenging Baldr's death, and his slaying of Hoth the day after his birth"

• attestation: Rind was the giantess who became the mother of Vali, Odin's son, the one-night-old avenger of Baldr

  "Rind was the giantess who became the mother of Vali, Othin's son, the one-night-old avenger of Baldr"

The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Pronouncing Index

• relationship: Rind is the mother of Vali

  "Rind, mother of Vali"