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From: ccrrick@ucdavis.UUCP (Rick Heli)
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Subject: re: Who will rule Asgard?
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Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:40:28 EDT
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> Given that Simonson is pretty knowledgeable of his sources, the only real
> choices he has for rulers of Asgard are Balder who rules after Ragnarok, Thor
> who was the chief god before Odin (Before in our time-frame, people believed
> he was the chief god before they believed Odin was. Once they started to regard
> Odin as head man, he always had been.) and Tyr who also had been. Tyr, of
> course is the same person as Tiwaz, so Tiwaz is also possible. They really
> shouldn't coexist though. Of all of these, I agree that Balder is the most
> likely. 
> 
Well, some of the Norse sources speak of Vidar as surviving
Ragnarok...
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					--rick heli
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