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Yes, Odin.
So Sinfjotli drank, and straightway fell down dead to the ground.
Sigmund rose up, and sorrowed nigh to death over him; then he took the corpse in his arms and fared away to the wood, and went till he came to a certain firth; and then he saw a man in a little boat; and that man asked if he would be wafted by him over the firth, and he said yes thereto; but so little was the boat, that they might not all go in it at once, so the corpse was first laid therein, while Sigmund went by the firth-side. But therewith the boat and the man therein vanished away from before Sigmund's eyes.
Source: The Story of the Volsungs, translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson
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Who was the ferryman in nordic mythology?
As far as I know, the "ferryman" in Nordic myth were the Valkyries They took souls to Valhalla and decided the outcomes of battles. The ferryman was Charon who took your soul across the river Styx (for a fee) in Greek mythology but there is no river as such in Nordic myth. so, to answer your question, Valkyries.
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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschäger
What god in Norse was the childbirth god?
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What is the significance of the concept of "Nordic hell" in Norse mythology and how does it differ from other depictions of hell in various cultures?
In Norse mythology, the concept of "Nordic hell" is known as Hel, which is a realm ruled by the goddess Hel. It is a place where those who did not die in battle or were not deemed worthy by the gods go after death. Unlike other depictions of hell in various cultures, Hel is not a place of eternal punishment or torment. Instead, it is more of a neutral realm where the dead reside peacefully. This differs from the fiery and torturous depictions of hell in many other cultures.
