According to Norse mythology, the god Odin ... Even Odin could not retrieve his son from Helheim. Odin sent Hermod to Helheim to negotiate for the release of Balder, but this was unsuccessful.

Hermod is the younger form of Hermoder, who was the son of the Norse god Odin, while Bragi is named after the Norse god of poetry whose name means “the best, foremost.” Vor might have been ...