UHeimdall, umlindi, ngumlingiswa ovela kwiintsomi zaseNorse ojongene nokukhusela i-Bifrost, ibhulorho phakathi kwehlabathi. Ugqalwa njengoyena thixo unamandla kwaye waziwa ngokukwazi kwakhe ukubona nasiphi na isoyikiso kukhuseleko lobukumkani baseAsgard. Unezimvo ezibukhali kunye namehlo agqibeleleyo amvumela ukuba abone yonke into eyenzekayo kwiiNdawo eziliThoba. Ukongeza, iHeimdall inophondo lomlingo olubizwa ngokuba yiGjallarhorn anokuthi ngalo alumkise bonke oothixo xa kukho ingozi.
Kuthathwa njengomgcini we-Bifrost kwaye yenzelwe ukukhusela kuyo nayiphi na isongelo yangaphandle okanye yangaphakathi. Unoxanduva lokugcina ukhuseleko lobukumkani kwaye ukwanamandla okuvula amasango phakathi kwehlabathi ukuba uyathanda. I-Heimdall kuthiwa inamandla njenge-Thor kunye ne-Odin edibeneyo, ebonisa ukubaluleka kwayo ngaphakathi kwe-Norse pantheon.