A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Apparently, there are not any cult reminiscences of Heimdall being worshiped, and it’s uncertain that any cult of Heimdall existed in any respect throughout the Viking Age. Apparently, he existed solely in myths.
It’s attainable that in a lot earlier intervals he occupied a extra important place on the earth of the gods, however nothing is thought about such a particular place. Heimdall (from Outdated Norse Heimdallr -“the start of every thing” or Heim Dall -“the tree of the world”) is, in Norse mythology, the God guarding the Rainbow Bridge known as Bifrost, which is the doorway to Asgard.
We all know a lot about him from Snorri Sturlason (1179–1241), a famend Icelandic historian, and from the skaldic poems. Regardless of intensive examine, he stays a thriller to those that have proposed theories about his function on this planet.
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