in norse mythology, vÃ¡li is a son of the god odin and the giantess rindr. vÃ¡li has numerous brothers including baldr and thor. he was birthed for the sole purpose of killing hÃ¶Ã°r as revenge for hÃ¶Ã°r's accidental murder of his half-brother, baldr. he grew to full adulthood within one day of his birth, and slew hÃ¶Ã°r. vÃ¡li is fated to survive ragnarÃ¶k. == myths == the vÃ¡li myth is referred to in baldrs draumar: :rindr will bear vÃ¡li :in western halls; :that son of ÃÃ°inn :will kill when one night old&mdash; :he will not wash hand, :nor comb head, :before he bears to the pyre :baldr's adversary. - ursula dronke's translation and in vÃ¶luspÃ¡: :there formed from that stem, :which was slender-seeming, :a shaft of anguish, perilous: :hÇ«Ã°r started shooting. :a brother of baldr :was born quickly: :he started&mdash;ÃÃ°inn's son&mdash; :slaying, at one night old. the prose edda also mentions him. gylfaginning contains this passage: "one is called ali or vÃ¡li, son of odin and rindr: he is daring in fights, and a most fortunate marksman." the same text also states that he will survive ragnarÃ¶k, along with his brother vÃ­Ã°arr and the sons of thor, mÃ³Ã°i and magni. there is another vÃ¡li, a son of loki by sigyn, who was transformed by the gods into a slavering wolf who tore out the throat of his brother narfi to punish loki for his crimes. see vÃ¡li (son of loki). the two figures named vÃ¡li may originally have been conceived of as the same being. in gesta danorum the figure bous corresponds to vÃ¡li. ==references==  * dronke, ursula (1997). the poetic edda : volume ii : mythological poems. oxford: clarendon press. * finnur jÃ³nsson (1913). goÃ°afrÃ¦Ã°i norÃ°manna og Ãslendinga eftir heimildum. reykjavÃ­k: hiÃ° Ã­slenska bÃ³kmentafjelag.  
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