Those who wait those who avenge those who keep their own counsel
Symbols
BootSwordForestWolf
Mythology Summary
Vidar is Odin's son by the giantess Grid, called the silent As, and Gylfaginning 29 says the gods trust him in every danger. He wears the thick-soled shoe pieced together from the leather scraps of every shoemaker for ages, and at Ragnarok he sets that foot on Fenrir's lower jaw, tears the wolf's mouth apart and drives a sword into his heart (Gylfaginning 51; Voluspa). He survives the burning of the world and lives on in Vidi (Grímnismál).
Modern Practice
Vidar is not a god of the temple but of the long patience: modern practice calls him when something must be outlasted rather than fought, and keeps the leather scraps of worn-out shoes as an offering. His silence is the point - he is asked for endurance, not for signs.