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== Info == | |||
This naming scheme is quite in depth. The extra information is given to hopefully help you design your network topology. | |||
== Worlds == | == Worlds == | ||
Worlds would be a good choice for things like networks and access points. | Worlds would be a good choice for things like networks and access points. | ||
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| Aegir || Hler || god of the sea | | Aegir || Hler || god of the sea | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Balder || || god of | | Balder || || god of beauty | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Bragi || || god of | | Bragi || || god of eloquence | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Eastre || Frigga? || saxon goddess resurrection of nature | | Eastre || Frigga? || saxon goddess resurrection of nature | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Forseti || || god of | | Forseti || || god of meditation | ||
|- | |||
| Freya || a goddess of fertility and love | |||
|- | |||
|Freyr || || god of sun and rain | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Hodur || Hod || god of darkness | | Hodur || Hod || god of darkness | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Loki || || god of | | Loki || || god of fire (trickster) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Niord || || god of Summer | | Niord || || god of Summer | ||
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== A == | == A == | ||
*Aesir | *Aesir - The primary race of the norse gods. They lived in Asgard. | ||
*Alaisiagae | *Alaisiagae - Noric War Goddess | ||
*Alberich | *Alberich - A Dwarven King a powerful magician, guarded the Nibelung hoard | ||
*Alfhild | *Alfhild | ||
*Alfrodull | *Alfrodull - The sun A chariot pursued by Skoll | ||
*Alvis | *Alvis | ||
*Andhrimnir | *Andhrimnir | ||
*Andvaranaut | *Andvaranaut | ||
*Andvari | *Andvari | ||
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*As | *As | ||
*Asgardreid | *Asgardreid | ||
*Ask and Embla | *Ask and Embla - First man and woman. Created by Odin, Ve and Vili. Lived in Midgard. | ||
*Askefruer | *Askefruer | ||
*Astrild | *Astrild - goddess of love | ||
*Asynjur | *Asynjur - The group of Norse goddesses belonging to the Aesir | ||
*Atla | *Atla - Water goddess | ||
*Audhumla | *Audhumla | ||
== B == | == B == | ||
*Balmung | *Balmung - Odin's sword | ||
*Beldegg | *Beldegg - son of Odin, king of West Saxony | ||
*Bergelmir | *Bergelmir | ||
*Berserks | *Berserks | ||
*Beyla | *Beyla | ||
*Bifrost | *Bifrost - The Bridge between Asgard and Midgard | ||
*Billing | *Billing - | ||
*Bor | *Bor | ||
*Borghild | *Borghild | ||
*Brono | *Brono - Son of Balder | ||
*Brunhilde | *Brunhilde | ||
*Buri | *Buri | ||
*Bylgia | *Bylgia | ||
== D == | == D == | ||
*Dagur | *Dagur - personification of the day | ||
*Disen | *Disen - | ||
*Dvalin | *Dvalin | ||
== E == | == E == | ||
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*Einherjar | *Einherjar | ||
*Einmyria | *Einmyria | ||
*Eir | *Eir - goddess of healing | ||
*Eisa | *Eisa | ||
*Elli | *Elli - goddess of old age | ||
== F == | == F == | ||
*Fafnir | *Fafnir - The great worm that guards the treasures of light | ||
*Fenrir | *Fenrir - a giganitc wolf on Ragnarok he kills Odin | ||
*Freyr | *Freyr | ||
*Frigg | *Frigg - a goddess of love and fertility | ||
== G == | == G == | ||
*Ganglere | *Ganglere - "Tired of walking" name used by king Gylfe | ||
*Garm | *Garm - giant hound, guards the enterance to Helheim | ||
*Gefion | *Gefion - a fertility goddess | ||
*Geirrod | *Geirrod - a frost giant | ||
*Gerd | *Gerd - a beautiful giant, an earth goddess | ||
*Ginnungagap | *Ginnungagap - the gap separating Niflheim and Muspell | ||
*Gjallar | *Gjallar - the horn carried by Heimdall will sound at Ragnarok | ||
*Gladsheim | *Gladsheim - the hall of the gods in asgard | ||
*Glen | *Glen - husband of sol | ||
*Glúm | *Glúm - | ||
*Glut | *Glut - first wife of loki | ||
*Gna | *Gna - messenger of frigg | ||
*Godheim | *Godheim - another name for asgard | ||
*godi | *godi | ||
*Gotterdammerung | *Gotterdammerung - doom of the norse gods (Ragnarok) | ||
*Gullveig | *Gullveig | ||
*Gunnar | *Gunnar | ||
== H == | == H == | ||
*Heimdall | *Heimdall - god of light, guards bifrost | ||
*Heimskringla | *Heimskringla | ||
*Hel | *Hel | ||
*Helheim | *Helheim | ||
*Hermod | *Hermod - messenger of the gods | ||
*Hladgunnr | *Hladgunnr - | ||
*Hlin | *Hlin | ||
*Hod | *Hod | ||
*Holler | *Holler - god of death and destruction | ||
*Honir | *Honir - | ||
*Huginn and Muninn | *Huginn and Muninn | ||
*Hymir | *Hymir - a Sea giant | ||
== I == | == I == | ||
*Idun | *Idun - goddess of eternal youth | ||
== J == | == J == | ||
*Jarl | *Jarl - first of the race of warriors | ||
*Jord | *Jord - | ||
*Jormungand | *Jormungand - serpent giant | ||
*Jotuns | *Jotuns | ||
== K == | == K == | ||
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*Kvasir | *Kvasir | ||
== L == | == L == | ||
*Laga | *Laga - goddess of wells and springs | ||
*Landvaettir | *Landvaettir - | ||
*Lif and Lifthrasir | *Lif and Lifthrasir - the two human survivors of ragnarok | ||
*Lofn | *Lofn - goddess of illicit love | ||
*Loki | *Loki - | ||
== M == | == M == | ||
*Magni and Modi | *Magni and Modi | ||
*Mani | *Mani | ||
*Midgard | *Midgard - The defensive fortress protecting the world of humans | ||
*Midgard Serpent | *Midgard Serpent | ||
*Miming | *Miming - minor forest god | ||
*Mimir | *Mimir - wisest god of the aesir "talking head" | ||
*Mimir | *Mimir - the hammer of thor | ||
*Mjollnir | *Mjollnir - a norse giant father of Sol and Mani (sun and moon) | ||
*Mundilfari | *Mundilfari | ||
*Muspell | *Muspell | ||
== N == | == N == | ||
*Nidhogg | *Nidhogg - monstrous serpent trying to destroy Yggdrasil | ||
*Niflheim | *Niflheim | ||
*Nine worlds | *Nine worlds | ||
*Njord | *Njord - god of winds, sea and fire | ||
*Norns | *Norns | ||
*Nott | *Nott | ||
== O == | == O == | ||
*Odin | *Odin - god of war and death, poetry and wisdom. | ||
== R == | == R == | ||
*Ragnarok | *Ragnarok - The final battle, the end. | ||
*Ran | *Ran - goddess of storms | ||
== S == | == S == | ||
*Saga | *Saga - goddess of poetry and history | ||
*Sceaf | *Sceaf | ||
*Sif | *Sif - wife of thor | ||
*Sigmund | *Sigmund - | ||
*Sigurd | *Sigurd | ||
*Sjofn | *Sjofn | ||
*Skadi | *Skadi | ||
*Sleipnir | *Sleipnir | ||
*Snotra | *Snotra - goddess of virtue and master of all knowedge | ||
*Sol | *Sol - | ||
*Surt | *Surt - a fire giant, destroys the world during ragnarok | ||
*Svadilfari | *Svadilfari - | ||
*Svalin | *Svalin - the shield that protects the worlds from the full power of the sun | ||
*Svartalfar | *Svartalfar - The black elves | ||
*Syn | *Syn - goddess that guarded the door of frigg's palace | ||
== T == | == T == | ||
*Thiazi | *Thiazi - a giant | ||
*Thrall | |||
*Thrall | *Thrud | ||
*Thrud | |||
*Tyr | *Tyr | ||
== U == | == U == | ||
*Ull | *Ull - god of justice and dueling | ||
*Utgard | *Utgard - house of the giants | ||
== V == | == V == | ||
*Valhalla | *Valhalla - Hall of the slain | ||
*Vali | *Vali | ||
*Valkyries | *Valkyries - | ||
*Vanaheim | *Vanaheim - Home of the vanir, located in asgard | ||
*Vanir | *Vanir - A group of gods and goddesses. | ||
*Var | *Var - goddess of marriage | ||
*Ve | *Ve - | ||
*Vidar | *Vidar - god of silence and revenge | ||
*Vili | *Vili - hall of vidar located in asgard | ||
*Vor | *Vor - also goddess of marriage | ||
== Y == | == Y == | ||
*Yggdrasil | *Yggdrasil - Giant ash tree that links and shelters all of the worlds | ||
*Ymir | *Ymir - primordial giant creator of the frost giants | ||
Revision as of 06:06, 18 November 2004
Info
This naming scheme is quite in depth. The extra information is given to hopefully help you design your network topology.
Worlds
Worlds would be a good choice for things like networks and access points.
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.
Created with the windows port of Dia.
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