Hasur
| Hasur | |
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| Name: | Hasur |
| Other names: | The hammer welder, the smith, the forgefather, the golden anvil, the hammer gods |
| World: | Gyllenheim |
| parents : | None |
| siblings : | None |
| Consorts : | none |
| Children: | none |
Hasur is the chronological god of smithing and craftmanship. In his behaviour so is he a god that is almost entirely embodies male virtues and he has neither wife nor children. Despite that so have he often blessed several rosetouched and besides Bel and Rasmer so is Hasur the god that have blessed most people and given them the status of rosetouched.
Birth
It is said that Hasur was not born but similarly to Bel was he forged from metal. According to the legend did there once live a great king without children of his own and each midsummer did he sacrifice animals to the gods asking them to give him a son. One day however did a hooded woman come to his hall and told him that if he wanted a child so should he go and find a lake far away at the distant eastern coast and there should he dressed only in his golden jewels swim and a bride that would give him a child would be born. So the king sat out with his huskarls and lardins far away to the lake that the woman had told him about. There he swam out wearing nothing but the jewellery he owned and indeed a swan swam out to meet him. However as his huskarls feared it would attack him did it change shape into one of the most beautiful women they had ever seen and she agreed that she would stay with him.
Time passed and she gave him a child, a strong son named Haralf that would inherit all the lands of the old king but when the child had reached his ninth year so had his mother vanished and nobody could found a trace of her. Despite how men searched and looked was she gone and as a result did the old king day shortly thereafter, from a broken heart according to the legend. Haralf took up the mantle of leadership of the realm but despite all that did he prefer to work in the blacksmith's forge just like a common blacksmith, and indeed did he learn the art with remarkable speed and when he was a grown man was he not only a good warrior but also a man that could forge both black and gold.
When he grew of age did he say that he had received a vision from Rasmer himself and that he would not be disturbed for no reason at all until he emerged from his forge. And so did the smith king enter his forge and locked it. For nine month was he locked in the mighty building and the only sign one could see that Haralf was alive was the smoke that rose from the chimney and the hammer blows that one could hear day and night. Finally nine months after he had entered did Haralf leave the forge with three items, a ring, a sword and a grail.
The sword he took for himself and the grail was later on given to a hooded woman that looked much like the one that had advised his father to visit the lake so far away. The ring however was the most impressive of all the items, it was said that when one twisted it so did nine rings it's exact equal fall out. The odd thing was that the ring grew but the nine new rings remained the same shape as it had originally been. More weirder was that one day where there no ring at all where it had been, but instead did there rest a child, a boy with a flaming head. Haralf ever so wise took the baby to the local temple where he had it anointed as Hasur and he sacrificed a rose, a bull and a hammer made entirely from gold to Rasmer as thanks. For nine day the baby stayed with them and it grew with remarkable speed. Indeed on the ninth day so was the child a grown man strong and mighty.
After the ninth day had passed so did three travellers enter the halls of Haralf, there was an old wise man called wisdom, there was a mighty warrior that was called might, and lastly was there a wonderful maiden called Grace and they all said that they would bring Haralf a gift each, all they requested was that Haralf would let them take the child and raise him as their own. A thing to which Haralf agreed, since he said that while he would have been happy to raise it as his own so did he clearly see the divine at work. In exchange for the child did Wisdom leave Haralf with books aplenty from all over Scandera, Might gave him a mighty hauberk and a sword that neither would shatter nor bend in battle, while Grace gave him a night and a promise that his wife would birth him many sons.
The trio left the day after and they took the man that had been born from the ring with them, they travelled long and far before all three finally revealed that they were wise Rasmer that had taken the three shapes to bring Hasur to Gyllenheim where they would give him godhood. Haralf lived a long and happy life and his realm spread far and wide with kings and commoners alike bowing before him just like they did for countless of his children many of which became mighty heroes and kings in their own rights.
Hasur in the sagas
Hasur is often not directly involved in the sagas but he is often mentioned as most weapons wielded by the gods and he often comes with solutions to problems. There is however a few stories when he takes part of adventures. There is however a few stories about how Hasur travels the land and gives items to various lords and kings. If the king and lord was good so was the item without equals while bad men have been known to get cursed items that brought bad fortune on them and their houses and they have found themselves unable to get rid of the items.
Children
Hasur has no children.