Norse Mythology

Info

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Worlds

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There are 9 worlds:

World Name	Meaning
Alfheim	World of the Light Elves
Asgard	World of the Aesir, the warrior gods. The gods built their halls here.
Jotunheim	The world of the Giants.
Midgard	The Middle World, land of men.
Muspellheim	The world of fire, the first world. The god Surt(Surtr) guards its enterance.
Nifleim / Hel / Niflhel	The world of the dead.
Nidavellir	The world of the Dwarfs
Svartalfheim	The world of the Dark Elves
Vanaheim	The world of Vanir

The Principal gods

This is the Genealogy of the Main Norse Gods.

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Norse gods

Name	Alias	Meaning
Aegir	Hler	god of the sea
Alaisiagae		Noric War Goddess
Astrild		goddess of love
Atla		Water goddess
Balder		god of beauty
Bragi		god of eloquence
Eastre	Frigga?	saxon goddess resurrection of nature
Eir		goddess of healing
Elli		goddess of old age
Forseti		god of meditation
Freya		a goddess of fertility and love
Freyr		god of sun and rain
Frigg		a goddess of love and fertility
Gefion		a fertility goddess
Heimdall		god of light, guards bifrost
Hodur	Hod	god of darkness
Holler		god of death and destruction
Idun		goddess of eternal youth
Laga		goddess of wells and springs
Lofn		goddess of illicit love
Loki		god of fire (trickster)
Niord		god of Summer
Njord		god of winds, sea and fire
Odin	Wuotan, Woden	All other gods are descendants of Odin
Ran		goddess of storms
Saga		goddess of poetry and history
Skadi		goddess of winter and hunting
Snotra		goddess of virtue and master of all knowedge
Syn		goddess that guarded the door of frigg's palace
Thor		god (ruler) of the sky and thunder
Tyr	Tiu, Ziu	god of war
Ull		god of justice and dueling
Uller		god of winter
Vali		sole purpose is to vengeance upon Loki for Balder's death
Var	Vor	a goddess of marriage
Vidar		god of silence and revenge
Vili		hall of vidar located in asgard
Vidar		only god to survive Ragnarok. Avenges Odin's death

Groups

Various groups in Norse Myth

• Aesir - The primary race of the norse gods. They lived in Asgard.
• Asynjur - The group of Norse goddesses belonging to the Aesir
• Svartalfar - The black elves
• Valkyries - Choosers of the Slain, beautiful females upon winged horses.
• Vanir - A group of gods and goddesses.

Giants

Some of the giants in Norse Myth

• Geirrod - a frost giant
• Gerd - a beautiful giant, an earth goddess
• Hymir - a Sea giant
• Jormungand - serpent giant
• Mjollnir - a norse giant father of Sol and Mani (sun and moon)
• Surt - a fire giant, destroys the world during ragnarok
• Thiazi - a giant
• Ymir - primordial giant, creator of the frost giants

Other

A

• Alberich - A Dwarven King a powerful magician, guarded the Nibelung hoard
• Alfhild
• Alfrodull - The sun A chariot pursued by Skoll
• Alvis
• Andhrimnir
• Andvaranaut
• Andvari
• Angrboda
• As
• Asgardreid
• Ask and Embla - First man and woman. Created by Odin, Ve and Vili. Lived in Midgard.
• Askefruer
• Audhumla

B

• Balmung - Odin's sword
• Beldegg - son of Odin, king of West Saxony
• Bergelmir
• Berserks
• Beyla
• Bifrost - The Bridge between Asgard and Midgard
• Billing -
• Bor
• Borghild
• Brono - Son of Balder
• Brunhilde
• Buri
• Bylgia

D

• Dagur - personification of the day
• Disen -
• Dvalin

E

• Edda
• Einherjar
• Einmyria
• Eisa

F

• Fafnir - The great worm that guards the treasures of light
• Fenrir - a giganitc wolf on Ragnarok he kills Odin
• Freyr

G

• Ganglere - "Tired of walking" name used by king Gylfe
• Garm - giant hound, guards the enterance to Helheim
• Ginnungagap - the gap separating Niflheim and Muspell
• Gjallar - the horn carried by Heimdall will sound at Ragnarok
• Gladsheim - the hall of the gods in asgard
• Glen - husband of sol
• Glúm
• Glut - first wife of loki
• Gna - messenger of frigg
• Godheim - another name for asgard
• godi
• Gotterdammerung - doom of the norse gods (Ragnarok)
• Gullveig
• Gunnar

H

• Heimskringla
• Hel
• Helheim
• Hermod - messenger of the gods
• Hladgunnr
• Hlin
• Hod
• Honir
• Huginn and Muninn

J

• Jarl - first of the race of warriors
• Jord
• Jotuns

K

• Kari
• Karl
• Ketill
• Kvasir

L

• Landvaettir
• Lif and Lifthrasir - the two human survivors of ragnarok
• Loki

M

• Magni and Modi
• Mani
• Midgard - The defensive fortress protecting the world of humans
• Midgard Serpent
• Miming - minor forest god
• Mimir - wisest god of the aesir "talking head"
• Mimir - the hammer of thor
• Mundilfari
• Muspell

N

• Nidhogg - monstrous serpent trying to destroy Yggdrasil
• Niflheim
• Norns
• Nott

R

• Ragnarok - The final battle, the end.

S

• Sceaf
• Sif - wife of thor
• Sigmund
• Sigurd
• Sjofn
• Skadi
• Sleipnir
• Sol
• Svadilfari
• Svalin - the shield that protects the worlds from the full power of the sun

T

• Thrall
• Thrud

U

• Utgard - house of the giants

V

• Valhalla - Hall of the slain
• Vali
• Vanaheim - Home of the vanir, located in asgard

Y

• Yggdrasil - Giant ash tree that links and shelters all of the worlds