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Hermod

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[her-mood, -mood] / ˈhɛr mud, -mʊd /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.
  1. a son of Odin who rode to Hel to negotiate for the return of Balder to Asgard.


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When the 8,500-ton German freighter Hermod docked at Baltimore last week, a mustached newsman who looks more like a diplomat than a reporter was on hand to greet captain & crew in impeccable German.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hermod mounted it and prepared to ride down, ever down, to greet Hel in her high hall, where only the dead go.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Hermod looked across the hall, and he saw a woman of peculiar beauty.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Hermod the Nimble rode for nine days and nine nights without stopping.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

In Asgard Hermod returned the arm-ring Draupnir to Odin, the all-father, and told him all that had happened and all that he had seen.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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