The Prose Edda on Vidar
The Younger Edda: > Snorre'S Edda, Or The Prose Edda. > Preface.
- attestation: Vidar the Silent avenges Odin by rending the Fenris-wolf apart
"Vidar, the Silent, sets his foot upon the monster's lower jaw, he seizes the other with his hand, and thus rends him till he dies"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Viii. > The Asas.
- attestation: Vidar is the silent Aesir, has a very thick shoe, and is the strongest after Thor
"Vidar is the name of the silent asa. He has a very thick shoe, and he is the strongest next after Thor"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xvi. > Ragnarok.
- attestation: Vidar's thick shoe is made from leather strips cut from toes and heels of shoes throughout all ages
"On this foot he has the shoe for which materials have been gathering through all ages, namely, the strips of leather which men cut off for the toes and heels of shoes"
The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xvii. > Regeneration.
- attestation: Vidar and Vale survive Surt's fire and dwell on the plains of Ida where Asgard once stood
"Vidar and Vale live. Neither the sea nor Surfs fire has harmed them, and they dwell on the plains of Ida, where Asgard was before."