There are two gods named Vali in heathen mythology, Vali Odinsson and Vali Lokisson. Or are they really the same god?
Vali Lokisson
Born for tragedy, as Loki knew when he named him after Odin’s son, Vali and Narvi nevertheless had as normal a childhood as could be arranged until the Prophecy caught up with them. Beings with the same name in mythology are sometimes seen as separate and sometimes not. In the Fireverse Vali Lokisson and Vali Odinsson are separate beings because story doesn’t handle the idea of fuzzy boundaries between characters very well, but Vali and Vali, sons of the trinity, could well be much closer to being the same person than they appear to be in the story.
Vali Odinsson
Created to be an agent of vengeance, Vali Odinsson mostly exists in the story to advance the story, but his mother Rindr becomes a goddess in the process of bearing him. See my prior post on Rindr.
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