Forseti

Forseti, the son of Balder and Nanna, is the god of justice and
conciliation. Those who refer their disputes to him never go away
unreconciled. The hall where he sits in judgment is known as Glitnir; its
pillars are of gold and its roof is of silver. Forseti must have had no small
number of worshippers; a reminiscence of the cult is to be found in a
Norwegian place name, Forsetelund in Onsøy, Østfold.


Sources:

Peter Andreas Munch: Norse Mythology: Legends of Gods and Heroes. The American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York. 1926, pp. 18.
Rasmus B. Anderson (Ed.): The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson. Norræna Society, London-New York. 1906.


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