Monday, December 1, 2008

Norse Vocabulary

Vikings- Norse sailors

Ginnungagap-Dark blackness before creation

Nifleheim- land of fog and ice

Muspellheim-land of fire

Yggdrasil-tree that connects the three worlds

Asgard- home of the gods above the clouds

Midgard-land of man in the middle

Hel- goddess of dead and land of the dead beneath Midgard

Bifrost Bridge-bridge that connects Midgard to Asgard

Ymir-the first ice giant

Odin-father of gods and humans

Frigg-wife of Odin and most important goddess

The Valkyries- Odin’s daughters and selectors for Valhalla

The Norns-the three maidens of fate

Thor-son of Odin and god of thunder

Balder- son of Odin and most loved god

Njord-god of wind and sea

Frey-god of fertility, sun and rain

Freya-wife of Frey and goddess of love

Idunn- goddess of youth and keeper of golden apples

Loki-son of a giant, trickster god

Fenrir-son of Loki that will eat the sun

Jormungandr-son of Loki, and world serpent

Ragnarok-ending of the world

Runes-gift from Odin, magic stones that predict past, present, and future

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