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  • hamingja (hamingja)

    Personal luck and protective spirit that follows a family line.

  • hamr (hamr)

    Outer shape or body that a seiðr practitioner can shed.

  • heiti (heiti)

    Poetic byname for gods, heroes, or objects in skaldic verse.

  • Hliðskjálf (Hlidskjalf)

    Odin's high seat in Asgard from which he can survey all worlds.

  • hof (hof)

    Old Norse temple or cult building for worship.

  • hólmganga (holmganga)

    Regulated duel settled in a confined space, often an islet.

  • hǫrgr (hörgar)

    Outdoor altar of stacked stones for sacrifice and worship.

  • hugr (hugr)

    Mind, will, and thought regarded as a component of the soul's composition.

  • Hvergelmir (Hvergelmir)

    The primordial spring in Niflheim from which all rivers flow and Níðhöggr gnaws at Yggdrasil's root.