The Prose Edda on Allfather
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iii.
attestation: The Prose Edda contains a section about the highest god
"Of the Highest God"
attestation: The twelve names of Allfather are discussed as corresponding to aspects of the supreme deity in Norse tradition
"This chapter gives twelve names of Odin"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Iii. > Of The Highest God.
attestation: The highest and oldest of all gods is called Allfather (Alfather) and has twelve names in Asgard
"Alfather he is called in our tongue, but in Asgard of old he had twelve names"
attestation: Allfather's twelve names include Herran/Herjan, Nikar/Hnikar, Nikuz/Hnikud, Fjolner, Oske, Ome, Biflide/Biflinde, Svidar, Svidrer, Vidrer, Jalg/Jalk
"The first is Alfather, the second is Herran or Herjan, the third Nikar or Hnikar, the fourth Nikuz or Hnikud, the fifth Fjolner, the sixth Oske, the seventh Ome, the eighth Biflide or Biflinde, the ninth Svidar, the tenth Svidrer, the eleventh Vidrer, the twelfth Jalg or Jalk"
attestation: Allfather lives from everlasting to everlasting and governs all things great and small
"He lives from everlasting to everlasting, rules over all his realm, and governs all things, great and small"
attestation: Allfather created heaven, earth, air, and all things within them
"He made heaven and earth, the air and all things in them"
attestation: Allfather made man and gave him an immortal spirit that survives bodily death
"he made man and gave him a spirit, which shall live, and never perish, though the body may turn to dust or burn to ashes"
attestation: Before heaven and earth were made, Allfather dwelt with the frost-giants
"Then was he with the frost-giants"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Vi. > The First Works Of The Asas. The Golden Age.
- attestation: Allfather appointed rulers at Idavold in the center of Asgard to judge disputes
"In the beginning he appointed rulers in a place in the middle of the burg which is called Idavold, who were to judge with him the disputes of men"