Gimlé

Gangleri began with the question: “Who is the greatest or oldest of the gods?”

Tall said: “In our language his name is Allfather, but in ancient Asgard he had twelve different names. One is Allfather, second is Herran or Herjan, third is Nikar or Hnikar, fourth is Nikuss or Hnikuður, fifth is Fjölnir, sixth Óski, seventh Ómi, eighth Bifliði or Biflindi, ninth Sviðar, tenth Sviðrir, eleventh Viðrir, twelfth Jálg or Jálkur.”

Gangleri then asked: “Where is that god, what can he, or what has he accomplished?”

Tall said: “He lives for all ages and rules his all his kingdom, and rules all things, large and small.”

Then Astall says: “He built the heaven and earth and the air and all that belongs to them.”

The Third says: “The geatest thing he did was the creation of man and giving man the spirit that shall live and never fade away, though the body rots to dirt or burns to ash. And all people shall live, those who are honorable and just, and be with him in the place named Gimlé or Vingólf, while the bad and dishonest shall go to Hel and from there to Niflhel, down in the ninth world.”

Then Gangleri asks: “What did he do before the creation of heaven and earth?”

Tall answers: “Then, he was with the ice-giants.”