- Vikings: The Vikings were from Norway, Finland and Sweden.
- Ginnungagap: a dark void
- Nifleheim: the land of fog and ice
- Muspellheim: the land of fire
- Yggdrasil: World Ash Tree, connects all 3 worlds
- Asgard: the home of the gods
- Midgard: the land of the man
- Hel: the home of the dead, or the goddess of the dead
- Bifrost Bridge: divine bridge, a link between humans and gods, form of a rainbow
- Ymir: a wild, fierce, and evil giant
- Odin: god of all gods and humans, domains- wisdom, war, witchcraft and poetry, god of storm and night, had many women and many sons
- Frigg: wife of Odin, cloud spinner, most powerful goddess, domains- love, destiny, and marriage
- The Valkyries: Odin's daughters, "choosers of slain", hero selectors
- The Norns: fate maidens
- Thor: the warrior son, strongest son of Odin, domains- thunder, battle and fertility. fierce temper, mjolliner was his hammer.
- Balder: the beloved son, son of Odin and Frigg, god of radiance, rebirth, justice and light, he was beautiful and killed by Loki
- Njord: Odin's brother, domains- wind and sea, patron of sailors
- Frey: god of fertility, prosperity, sun and rain
- Freya: goddess of love, fertility, beauty, magic, war and death
- Idunn: Odin's daughter-in-law, goddess of youth, keeper of the golden apples (youth)
- Loki: son of the giants, half blood god, shared blood with Odin, magic powers, trickster, cunning and deceitful, many disguises, was evil and had evil children.
- Fenrir: "The Wolf Destroyer", Loki's son
- Jormungandr: the world serpent
- Ragnarok: doomsday, final battle,
- Runes: the language of Norse mythology, symbols, communication, used to read your past, present and future
Monday, December 1, 2008
Norse Myth review deff!
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