Himinbjörg

"Heaven-mountain", "Heaven's castle." The dwelling of Heimdallr, the watchman of the gods. Odin enumerates it among the abodes of the gods in Grímnismál:

Himinbjörg is the eighth,

where Heimdall, it is said,

rules o' er the holy fanes:

there the gods' watchman,-

in his tranquil home,

drinks joyful the good mead.

Snorri Sturluson says that the abode stands at heaven's end by the bridge-head, in the place where Bifröst joins heaven.

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