Heimdall

[ heym-dahl ]

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noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

the god of dawn and light.

Heimdall

/ ˈheɪmˌdɑːl; ˈheɪmˌdɑːlə /

noun

Norse myth the god of light and the dawn, and the guardian of the rainbow bridge Bifrost

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Heimdall¹

< Old Norse Heimdallr, equivalent to heim ( r ) home, world + dallr, perhaps cognate with Old English deall bold, renowned

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Not “The Harder They Fall,” but my character in the Marvel world, in the “Thor” films, Heimdall, there’s a sense of symmetry between those two voices.

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Of the other gods, only five were important: Balder, Thor, Freyr, Heimdall, and Tyr.

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Heimdall, the watcher on the bridge, the gatekeeper of the gods, will also not have fallen.

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He previously played the Asgardian gatekeeper and Thor ally Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Others — Loki, Heimdall, Gamora, and Vision — are killed in the action leading up to that climax.

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Heiltsuk Heimlich maneuver

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