Einheriar

Then spoke Third: ‘Odin is highest and most ancient of the
Æsir. He rules all things, and mighty though the other gods are,
yet they all submit to him like children to their father. Frigg is his
wife, and she knows men’s fates though she does not prophesy, as
it says here that Odin himself spoke to the As called Loki:

“Mad you are Loki, and out of your wits; why will you not
be silent, Loki? All fates I believe Frigg knows, though she
herself does not pronounce.”

‘Odin is called All-father, for he is father of all gods. He is also
called Val-father [father of the slain], since all those who fall in
battle are his adopted sons. He assigns them places in Val-hall and
Vingolf, and they are then known as Einheriar. He is also called
Hanga-god [god of the hanged] and Hapta-god [god of prisoners],
Farma-god [god of cargoes], and he called himself by
various other names on his visit to King Geirrod:


- Prose Edda, Gylfaginning