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Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter R

Rindr

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Jötunn or goddess who resists Odin but bears his son Váli, avenger of Baldr

Detailed Definition
Rindr is a Norse figure—variously a giantess or goddess—who is courted (or overcome) by Odin to bear Váli, who avenges Baldr’s death. Her story appears in the Prose Edda and skaldic verse. Rindr embodies resistance, fate, and necessary violence. Poets invoke her to explore themes of reluctant destiny, maternal strength, and the harsh measures required to restore cosmic balance.
Example
Example in poetry:
Rindr, mother of Váli, appears in Völuspá: “Rindr bore Váli in the western halls”; Snorri recounts Odin’s forced union with her to avenge Baldr; In Baldrs draumar, she is a Rúnar (possibly a Slavic princess); Poets use “Rindr’s son” to identify Váli, Baldr’s avenger; Her story reflects themes of vengeance and fate; Rindr’s resistance and eventual role highlight complex gender dynamics.
Additional Notes
Rindr is a jötunn or human princess (sources vary) who bears Váli, Odin’s son destined to avenge Baldr. In Gylfaginning, Odin uses magic (Rúnar) to overcome her resistance, raising ethical questions about consent and divine necessity. Students should analyze Rindr as a figure of violated autonomy who nonetheless enables cosmic justice. Her name may relate to "rind" (bark or crust), suggesting resilience. In Völuspá, her role is prophetic; in Baldrs draumar, she is a reluctant vessel of fate. Rindr’s story reflects tensions between individual will and mythic imperative, making her vital for discussions of gender, power, and destiny in Norse narrative.
Also Known As
Rindr the Resistant Váli’s Mother Odin’s Reluctant Bride Avenger’s Dam
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