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NorseMythology
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Sources of Stories fromNorse Mythology
*Elder Edda*Younger Edda
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ELDER EDDA-also known as Poetic Edda
- is a collection of Old Norsepoems from the Icelandic
medieval manuscript CodexRegius ("Royal Book").
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YOUNGER EDDA
-also known as Prose Edda-a treatise on versification
together with a collection ofScandinavian myths, legends,and poems compiled by Snorri
Sturluson, Icelandic historianand poet.
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YGGDRASILYggdrasil was the tree of life. It
was an eternal green Ash tree;
its branches stretched out overall of the nine worlds, andextended up and above the
heavens. Yggdrasil was carriedby three enormous roots.
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THE NINE PLANETS
these were broken into threelevels.
In the first level was Asgard,the home of the Aesir.
Vanaheim, the home of theVanir. Alfheim, the home of the Light
Elves.
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In the middle was Midgard
Middle Earth, the home of theHumans. Midgard was connectedto Asgard by Bifrost The
Rainbow Bridge Jotunheim, the home of theGiants.
Svartalfheim, the home of theDark Elves.
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Niflheim was to the north, inside
somewhere under the ground wereHelheim home of the dead was. Muspelheim was to the south, it
was the home of the fire Giantsand Demons.
Helheim is a cold, dark and mistyabode of the dead.
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ASGARD In the middle of the world, high
up in the sky was Asgard. It wasthe home of the gods andgoddesses in Norse Mythology.
Odin was the ruler of Asgard,and the chief of the Aesir.
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VANAHEIMVanaheim was the home of
the Vanir gods.Nobodyknows where the land,
Vanaheim lies, or even how
it looks like.
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ALFHEIM Alfheim was right next to
Asgard in the heaven
The Light elves were minor godsof nature and fertility; theycould help or hinder humans
with their knowledge of magicalpowers.
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MIDGARD Midgard middle earth were
located in the middle of the
world, below Asgard.Midgard and Asgard was
connected by Bifrost theRainbow Bridge.
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JOTUNHEIM
Jotunheim was the home of thejotuns, and the giants.
The whole world was createdfrom the corpse of the first
Jotun, named Ymir.
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HELHEIM
It is ruled by Hel.
No one can ever leave thisplace, not even the godsthemselves
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NIFLHEIM Mist home was the darkest
and coldest region. In Niflheim there was the
eldest of the three wells, called Hvergelmir bubbling
boiling spring protected bythe dragon Nidhug
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MUSPELHEIM Muspelheim was created far to
the south of the world.
Muspelheim was the home theof fire giants, fire demons andruled by the giant Surt.
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Races of Norsegods
Aesir
VanirGiants
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AESIR are those beings most often
referred to in the ancient
literature simply as "the Gods," They are the Gods of human
society, representing thingssuch as leadership, craft,
justice, etc.
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VANIR are a group of godsassociated with fertility,wisdom and the ability tosee the future.
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GIANTSalso known as The Jotnarthird race of Gods and at
constant war with the Aesir,They represent the natural
forces of chaos and destruction
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THE NORSE GODS
Odin
Thor
Freya Loki
Tyr
Balder
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TYR He is the God of battle, ofjustice, and (secondary to Odin)
of Kingship. Tyr was held to be the God of
the Thing or assembly.
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BALDER Balder was a God of beauty
and goodness, but his name
also translates as "warrior." Dead, Killed by Loki, who
tricked his blind brotherHodr into killing him with aspear of mistletoe.
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MINOR GODS
Aegir- Norse god of the sea.married to Ran
Bragi- Norse god of poetry and
eloquence Eir- goddess of healing
Forseti- god of justice.
Heimdall- watchman of the Norsegods and owner of the horn Gjall
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Hel- ruler of Helheim, ruler ofHel
Mimir- wise Aesir god
Njord- a vanir god associated
with wind and sea. Skadi- goddess of winter and
hunt. Valkyries- beautiful women whocarried dying warriors to
valhalla.
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