Forseti

Associated with justice, arbitration and law.

Name(s): The origin of Forseti’s name is uncertain. He may also have been known in Frisia as Fosite.

Parents: Baldr and Nanna

Spouse: Unknown.

Children: Unknown.

Affiliations: Forseti is one of the Aesir.

Tales: Forseti only appears in passing as attending Aegor’s feast in the Skaldskaparmal.

Under the name Fosite he is mentioned in Alcuin’s Life of Saint Willebrord as having an island named after him (“Fositeslund”) on which he was worshipped.

Hall: Forseti’s hall, Glitnir, is splendid, built with pillars of gold and a silver roof, where he sits in judgment on any legal cases brought before him.