- Vikings-people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe
- Ginnungagap-the beggining void, it is between Niflheim and Muspelheim.
- Nifleheim-a place of eternal cold, darkness, and fog, ruled over by Hel
- Muspellheim- is the realm of fire .
- Yggdrasil-an evergreen ash tree, the three roots of that bring together Asgard, Midgard, and Niflheim.
- Asgard- home of the Aesir and it is in the Valhalla and the palaces of the individual gods
- Midgard-the middle earth, home of the poeple, it is between Niflheim and Muspelheim, made from the body of Ymir.
- Hel- those who die of illness or old age.
- Bifrost Bridge-the bridge between Midgard, the realm of man, and Asgard, the realm of the gods
- Ymir-earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, and was killed by his own brother Odin.
- Odin-the ruler of the Aesir and he is the god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom
- Frigg-wife of Odin and chief of the goddesses.
- The Valkyries- Any of Odin's handmaidens who conducted the souls of the slain to Valhalla
- The Norns- Any of the three goddesses of fate in Norse myth.
- Thor-the god of thunder, rain, and farming
- Balder- son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother Hod, who Balder was killed by.
- Njord-the god of winds, navigation, and prosperity, and the father of Frey and Freya; king of the Vanir
- Frey-the god of peace, prosperity, and marriage, brother of Freya
- Freya-the goddess of love and fertility, sister of Frey
- Idunn-a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi
- Loki-a trickster god, born in Jontun ansestry.
- Fenrir-a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.
- Jormungandr-s a sea serpent of the Norse Myth
- Ragnarok- the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.
- Runes-Any of the characters in several alphabets used by ancient Germanic peoples from the 3rd to the 13th century.
Monday, December 1, 2008
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