Hǿnir (Hoenir)

Hǿnir(Hoenir)
Hǿnir in an illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript
God of Silence
General Information
Species	God
Abodes	Ásgarðr
Relationships
Allegiance	Æsir
Affiliation	Æsir
Languages
Dansk(Danish)	Høner
Deutsch(German)	Hönir
Dǫnsk tunga(Old Norse)	ᚼᚢᚾᛁᛦ (Long Branch Runes) ᚽᚢᚿᛁᛧ (Short Twig Runes) Hǿnir/Hœnir (transliteration)
International Phonetic Alphabet	[ˈhøːnez̠] (Old Norse)
Íslenska(Icelandic)	Hænir
Proto-Germanic	ᚺᛟᚾᛃᛁᚨᛉ (Hōnijaz)
Svenska(Swedish)	Höner Häner

In Norse mythology, Hǿnir or Hœnir (Old Norse: ᚼᚢᚾᛁᛦ/ᚽᚢᚿᛁᛧ [ˈhøːnez̠]; anglicized as Hoenir) is one of the Æsir. He is the god of silence, spirituality, poetry, and "Óðr," a concept that roughly translates to "ecstasy, inspiration, fury, and frenzy." As such, Hoenir is also a god of passion, battle frenzy, and sexual ecstasy. It is mentioned that he helped Óðinn create humans.

Attestations

In Ynglinga saga, along with Mímir, he went to the Vanir as a hostage to seal a truce after the Æsir-Vanir War. There, Hǿnir was indecisive and relied on Mímir for all of his decisions, grunting noncommital answers when Mímir was absent.

In Vǫluspá, at the creation of the first human beings, Askr and Embla, Hǿnir and Lóðurr help Óðinn. According to the Prose Edda, Hǿnir is said to have given reason to man. 'In Gylfaginning, Vili and Vé are mentioned instead. As Snorri knew Vǫluspá, it is possible that Hǿnir was another name for Vili. Also according to Vǫluspá, Hǿnir was one of the few gods that would survive Ragnarök.

Hǿnir also has a minor role in Haustlöng and Reginsmál.

Hoenir crater on Callisto is named after him.

Family

Æsir genealogy in Norse mythology

Names in Bold are Æsir/Ásynjur

Names in Italics are Vanir

Rindr was a human princess

Ymir                                                 Þrúðgelmir                                         Auðumbla   Bergelmir           Fornjótr                                                           Búri   Bǫlþorn           Ægir   Rán                                               Narfi                                                                                                                               Fjǫrgynn       Borr   Bestla               Nine sisters                                               Naglfari   Nótt                 Dellingr                                                                                                                                                             Annarr                                             Frigg   Óðinn     Vili   Vé   Hǿnir   Heimdallr                                                   Auðr                                                                                                                                                   Jǫrð (Fjǫrgyn)     Dagr                                                                                                       Nepr                                                       Gríðr         Rindr                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Nanna   Baldr   Hǫðr   Hermóðr   Bragi   Iðunn   Víðarr   Váli   Skjǫldr   Gefjon   Unnamed Jǫtunn   Ullr     Sif   Thor   Járnsaxa   Týr                                                                                                                                                                                     Forseti                                                           Skjǫldungar   4 sons               Móði   Þrúðr   Magni

Gallery

• Hǿnir Gallery Page

External links

• MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image Repository)

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