The Legend
Hofund is the sword of Heimdall, the ever-watchful guardian who stands at Himinbjörg where the rainbow bridge Bifröst meets the sky. The name, also written Höfuð, means head, a fitting title for the blade of the sharpest-eyed of all the gods.
Heimdall needs less sleep than a bird, sees for a hundred leagues by day or night, and can hear the grass grow in the fields and the wool on the backs of sheep. His sword waits at his side through the long ages of his watch.
At Ragnarök, when Heimdall sounds the horn Gjallarhorn to wake the gods, he takes up Hofund and goes to meet his ancient rival Loki on the battlefield. There the watchman and the trickster slay one another, closing a feud as old as the theft of Brísingamen.
Nature and Role
The Watchman's Blade
Guards the approach to Asgard at the far end of Bifröst
Drawn at Ragnarök
Carried into the final duel between Heimdall and Loki
Quick Facts
Its Keeper
Heimdall
The watchman who sees a hundred leagues and never truly sleeps
Ready for the End
Kept at his side through his endless watch over Asgard