Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Norse Mythology Vocabulary
1. Vikings: Are the Norse explorers, wariors, merchants and traders that roamed over northern europe and north america in the late eighth to early eleventh century AD.
2. Ginnungagap: The great primordial void in Norse mythology that the world evolved from.
3. Nifleheim: The land of Fog and ice; it later became Hel, where the people who did not die a heroic death went.
4. Muspellheim: The land of fire; the giant Surt gaurds the entrance.
5. Yggdrasil: The world ash tree; it connects all the worlds together: Asgard the home of the gods, Midgaurd the human world, and the underworld-Hel.
6. Asgard: The beautiful home of the gods; It sits on the top branches of Yggdrasil.
7. Midgard: The land of the human race; It sits in the middle of Yggdrasil surrounded by water in which the world serpent sleeps.
8. Hel: Both the place and a God; Hel: where the people who did not die a heroic death went. see also Nifleheim. Hel: queen of the underworld; goddess of fertility and beauty but also of sickness and death. Daughter of Loki.
9. Bifrost Bridge: The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard to our world; Midgard.
10. Ymir: The first giant, born from the water that dripped from the union of Muspelheim and Niflheim. Killed by Odin. Was the sacrafice that made Midgaurd, his body was used to create the land and sky.
11. Odin: The god of all the gods, ruler over all. see also Zeus. his domains were wisdom, was, witchcraft, poetry, storms, and night.
12. Frigg: The wife of Odin. Also called: Cloud spinner she's the most powerful godess. Her domains are love, destiny and marrage. see also Hera.
13. The Valkyries: Odins daughters. Choosers of the slain/Hero selectors.
14. The Norns: The fate maidens. Urd: Past,Verdandi: Present, and Skuld: future. see also The Fates.
15. Thor: Odin's warrior son, the strongest god. Three prized posessions: Mjolliner his hammer, his belt and his iron gloves. His domains are thunder, battles and fertility.
16. Balder: The Beloved of all the gods. Loki's undoing. His domains were: Radiance, rebirth, justice, light and beauty.
17. Njord: Odin's brother. Domains: wind, sea, trade. Patron of sailors. see also Posiden/ Neptune.
18. Frey: God of Fertility, prosperity, sun and rain. see also Apollo.
19. Freya: Frey's wife, godess of love, fertility, beauty, magic, war and death. see also Aphodite.
20. Idunn: Oden's daughter-in-law; Goddess of youth- keeper of the golden apples that keep the gods youthful.
21. Loki: Trouble. Son of a giant; mixed blood of Odin; magic powers; Trickster- cunning and deceitful, many disguises; evil; father of: Fenrir, Hel, and the World Serpent.
22. Fenrir: Son of Loki; Giant wolf.
23. Jormungandr: Son of Loki; also known as The World Serpent.
24. Ragnarok: The end of the world in war fire and flood.
25. Runes: The earliest written language that is recorded. note: Think Hyroglyphics on scrabble tiles.
2. Ginnungagap: The great primordial void in Norse mythology that the world evolved from.
3. Nifleheim: The land of Fog and ice; it later became Hel, where the people who did not die a heroic death went.
4. Muspellheim: The land of fire; the giant Surt gaurds the entrance.
5. Yggdrasil: The world ash tree; it connects all the worlds together: Asgard the home of the gods, Midgaurd the human world, and the underworld-Hel.
6. Asgard: The beautiful home of the gods; It sits on the top branches of Yggdrasil.
7. Midgard: The land of the human race; It sits in the middle of Yggdrasil surrounded by water in which the world serpent sleeps.
8. Hel: Both the place and a God; Hel: where the people who did not die a heroic death went. see also Nifleheim. Hel: queen of the underworld; goddess of fertility and beauty but also of sickness and death. Daughter of Loki.
9. Bifrost Bridge: The rainbow bridge that connects Asgard to our world; Midgard.
10. Ymir: The first giant, born from the water that dripped from the union of Muspelheim and Niflheim. Killed by Odin. Was the sacrafice that made Midgaurd, his body was used to create the land and sky.
11. Odin: The god of all the gods, ruler over all. see also Zeus. his domains were wisdom, was, witchcraft, poetry, storms, and night.
12. Frigg: The wife of Odin. Also called: Cloud spinner she's the most powerful godess. Her domains are love, destiny and marrage. see also Hera.
13. The Valkyries: Odins daughters. Choosers of the slain/Hero selectors.
14. The Norns: The fate maidens. Urd: Past,Verdandi: Present, and Skuld: future. see also The Fates.
15. Thor: Odin's warrior son, the strongest god. Three prized posessions: Mjolliner his hammer, his belt and his iron gloves. His domains are thunder, battles and fertility.
16. Balder: The Beloved of all the gods. Loki's undoing. His domains were: Radiance, rebirth, justice, light and beauty.
17. Njord: Odin's brother. Domains: wind, sea, trade. Patron of sailors. see also Posiden/ Neptune.
18. Frey: God of Fertility, prosperity, sun and rain. see also Apollo.
19. Freya: Frey's wife, godess of love, fertility, beauty, magic, war and death. see also Aphodite.
20. Idunn: Oden's daughter-in-law; Goddess of youth- keeper of the golden apples that keep the gods youthful.
21. Loki: Trouble. Son of a giant; mixed blood of Odin; magic powers; Trickster- cunning and deceitful, many disguises; evil; father of: Fenrir, Hel, and the World Serpent.
22. Fenrir: Son of Loki; Giant wolf.
23. Jormungandr: Son of Loki; also known as The World Serpent.
24. Ragnarok: The end of the world in war fire and flood.
25. Runes: The earliest written language that is recorded. note: Think Hyroglyphics on scrabble tiles.
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