A Gatekeeper invocation
by Melissa S. Burchfield
And one came among them of might and renown.
Of Nine-mothers born at the edge of the World.
Nourished was he by the strength of the Earth,
Ice-Sea made strong; by the waves he was hurled.
Whitest of Ases, Fortune-Great Vanir
God of Great Virtue whose foresight is keen
Heimdallr stands aloft Bifrost, The Rainbow,
From whose vantage all the Worlds can be seen.
Ram-heiti Heimdallr, Golden-toothed God
Shepherds those Midgarders who wish to pass
Attention to Order, He keeps chaos from men
Divided by Rig, each man placed in his class
Warriors who take up Heimdallr’s Head
Shall deliver his bite on their foes
As Heimdallr sits waiting, watching and ready
To sound Gjallarhorn at the close.
God of the breathtaking, Northernmost Lights
Guiding the Spirits below and above,
Carry us over the Bridge to the Gods
In wisdom, in safety, in virtue, in love.
