Hœnir

Borrowed from Old Norse Hǿnir.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪˌnɪɹ/, /ˈhoʊˌnɪɹ/

Hœnir

1. (Norse mythology) A Norse Æsir god, who, along with Odin and Lodur, created the first humans.
   • 2008, Heather O'Donoghue, From Asgard to Valhalla, Bloomsbury Publishing, unnumbered page:

     The Æsir send in exchange Hœnir, an obscure figure in Old Norse mythology, and perhaps understandably so, since the Vanir soon discover that Hœnir, though extremely good-looking, is like a ventriloquist's dummy.

   • 2014, Dagulf Loptson, Playing With Fire, Lulu, EPUB Edition, unnumbered page,

     Unfortunately, little information remains about the Æsir god Hœnir. In Gylfaginning, Snorri tells us that Hœnir was given as a hostage to the Vanir in exchange for Njörðr in a pledge of truce.

   • 2022, Andrew Orchard, Dictionary of Norse Myth & Legend, Hachette, unnumbered page:

     Rather curiously, it is Hœnir who is said to have imbued the lifeless wood with óðr ('frenzy', 'passion'), rather than Odin, who derives his own name from the quality.