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
Balder		god of beauty
Bragi		god of eloquence
Eastre	Frigga?	saxon goddess resurrection of nature
Forseti		god of meditation
Freya	a goddess of fertility and love
Freyr		god of sun and rain
Hodur	Hod	god of darkness
Loki		god of fire (trickster)
Niord		god of Summer
Odin	Wuotan, Woden	All other gods are descendants of Odin
Skadi		goddess of winter and hunting
Thor		god (ruler) of the sky and thunder
Tyr	Tiu, Ziu	god of war
Uller		god of winter
Vali		sole purpose is to vengeance upon Loki for Balder's death
Vidar		only god to survive Ragnarok. Avenges Odin's death

A

• Aesir - The primary race of the norse gods. They lived in Asgard.
• Alaisiagae - Noric War Goddess
• 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
• Astrild - goddess of love
• Asynjur - The group of Norse goddesses belonging to the Aesir
• Atla - Water goddess
• 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
• Eir - goddess of healing
• Eisa
• Elli - goddess of old age

F

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

G

• Ganglere - "Tired of walking" name used by king Gylfe
• Garm - giant hound, guards the enterance to Helheim
• Gefion - a fertility goddess
• Geirrod - a frost giant
• Gerd - a beautiful giant, an earth goddess
• 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

• Heimdall - god of light, guards bifrost
• Heimskringla
• Hel
• Helheim
• Hermod - messenger of the gods
• Hladgunnr -
• Hlin
• Hod
• Holler - god of death and destruction
• Honir -
• Huginn and Muninn
• Hymir - a Sea giant

I

• Idun - goddess of eternal youth

J

• Jarl - first of the race of warriors
• Jord -
• Jormungand - serpent giant
• Jotuns

K

• Kari
• Karl
• Ketill
• Kvasir

L

• Laga - goddess of wells and springs
• Landvaettir -
• Lif and Lifthrasir - the two human survivors of ragnarok
• Lofn - goddess of illicit love
• 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
• Mjollnir - a norse giant father of Sol and Mani (sun and moon)
• Mundilfari
• Muspell

N

• Nidhogg - monstrous serpent trying to destroy Yggdrasil
• Niflheim
• Nine worlds
• Njord - god of winds, sea and fire
• Norns
• Nott

O

• Odin - god of war and death, poetry and wisdom.

R

• Ragnarok - The final battle, the end.
• Ran - goddess of storms

S

• Saga - goddess of poetry and history
• Sceaf
• Sif - wife of thor
• Sigmund -
• Sigurd
• Sjofn
• Skadi
• Sleipnir
• Snotra - goddess of virtue and master of all knowedge
• Sol -
• Surt - a fire giant, destroys the world during ragnarok
• Svadilfari -
• Svalin - the shield that protects the worlds from the full power of the sun
• Svartalfar - The black elves
• Syn - goddess that guarded the door of frigg's palace

T

• Thiazi - a giant
• Thrall
• Thrud
• Tyr

U

• Ull - god of justice and dueling
• Utgard - house of the giants

V

• Valhalla - Hall of the slain
• Vali
• Valkyries -
• Vanaheim - Home of the vanir, located in asgard
• Vanir - A group of gods and goddesses.
• Var - goddess of marriage
• Ve -
• Vidar - god of silence and revenge
• Vili - hall of vidar located in asgard
• Vor - also goddess of marriage

Y

• Yggdrasil - Giant ash tree that links and shelters all of the worlds
• Ymir - primordial giant creator of the frost giants