Víðópnir
In Norse mythology, Víðópnir is a mythological bird. According to Fjölsvinnsmál, Víðópnir or Víðófnir is a rooster that inhabits the crown of the world tree, variously represented as a falcon, sitting between the eyes of the cosmic eagle Hræsvelgr at the top of Mímameiðr, a tree taken to be identical with the World Tree Yggdrasil. Viðópnir occurs in merely one other norse medieval source, a tiny phrase in Snorri Sturluson's Eddu-brot, where it guards the gate to the lands where in Hél's Hell lies, Gjalllandi. Viðópnir seems rather identical to Veðrfölnir and the eagle
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