The Poetic Edda on Vithar

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• attestation: Vithar is Othin's silent son, famed for his great shield and nearly equal strength to Thor, who survives the destruction and avenges Othin by fighting Fenrir

  "His son, Vithar, is the silent god, famed chiefly for his great shield, and his strength, which is little less than Thor's. He survives the destruction. The giant's son: Fenrir."

• relationship: Vithar is a son of Othin who slays the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarok.

  "Vithar: a son of Othin, who slays the wolf Fenrir"

• attestation: Vithar avenged his father Othin by slaying the wolf Fenrir.

  "Vithar avenged his father, Othin, by slaying the wolf Fenrir."

• attestation: Vithar is the silent god who avenged Odin by slaying the wolf Fenrir

  "Vithar: the silent god, the son of Othin who avenged his father by slaying the wolf Fenrir"

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• attestation: Vithar is a god in Norse mythology

  "Vīth′-ar, a god"