Vali’s Family Tree

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Family

• Odin(parent),Rindr(parent)— Consort

  Odin pursued the giantess Rindr relentlessly — using magic and disguise according to Saxo Grammaticus — to father Váli, who was destined to avenge Baldur's death.

Slew

• Hod

  Váli slew Höðr one day after his own birth, never washing his hands nor combing his hair until he had avenged Baldur's death as the Völuspá foretold.

Member of

• Aesir

  The Æsir are the principal tribe of Norse gods who dwell in Asgard, including both native members and Vanir hostages received after the Æsir-Vanir War, as catalogued in Gylfaginning.

Associated with

• Ragnarok

  Váli, Odin's avenger-son, survives the fires and flood of Ragnarök and gathers with Víðarr among the gods who inhabit the renewed world.