61. SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY And FOLKLORE List of names in norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore, compiled by Scott Trimble. http://www.ststp.com/Archives/Scandinavian/

SCANDINAVIAN MYTHOLOGY and FOLKLORE website by Scott Trimble / 1996-1998 NORSE MYTHOLOGY FAMILY TREE OF THE GODS MODERN MYTHOLOGICAL REFERENCES SCANDINAVIAN FOLKLORE ... Scott T.S. Trimble STST PRODUCTIONS

62. Norse Mythology In norse mythology, Freya is the wife of Odin and goddess of love, fertility, war, In norse mythology, Thor was the son of Odin Freya, husband of Sif http://freespace.virgin.net/dominic.fitzgerald/norse.htm

THE CREATION OF THE EARTH THE CREATION OF THE DWARFS THE CREATION OF MAN YGGDRASIL ... LIFE AT VALHALLA THE CREATION OF THE EARTH After Borr's sons rolled Ymir's (Hrim-thurs or ice-giant) corpse into the great Abyss they started to remove various components of his body to make the world. From his flesh they made Midgard (middle garden) or as we know it, Earth.The solid protion of Midgard was surrounded by Ymir's blood which created the vast oceans. His bones made the hills, his flat teeth made the cliffs, and his curly hair made the trees and vegetation. When the gods were pleased with their works, they took the giant's skull and poised it above the earth and sea as a great vault of heaven. They then scattered the brains through the air to create the clouds. To support the great vault, the gods stationed the strongest dwarfs, Nordi, Sudri, Austri, Westri, in the four corner of the world, which later became our compass points North, south, east and west. At this time, the gods needed light so they used a spell from Muspells-heim to create small points of light. The brightest points of spark or light were used to make the sun and the moon, which would be pulled through the sky in two golden chariots. To pull the sun chariot two steeds were chosen:- Arvakr (the early waker) , and Alsvin (the rapid goer) , and to protect them, they placed air under the horses skins. They also created a great shield, and called it

63. Norse Mythology At Norse-Myths.com :: Home A website dedicated to norse mythology, focusing on the Norse gods and goddesses, frost giants, dwarfs and the sagas that took place in the nine worlds of norse mythology. http://www.norse-myths.com

Home News After Ragnarok Norse mythology database Norse myths Table of contents The Creation Myth The three great evils A contest of wisdom ... More... @ Norse-Myths.com About Contact us F.A.Q. Sitemap Others Useful links Tell a friend! Home Would you know more? Welcome to Norse-Myths.com Here, it's all Norse Mythology through and true. You won't find anything on Scandinavian heroes, but you will find plenty on the Norse gods and goddesses, the giants, dwarfs and the tales they are involved in. All things Norse mythology. News 8th June 2005 - Missed the train! Darn sorry, really. I can't complete the Norse mythology picture gallery in time! It's more work than I expected. My excuse? I never use any thumbnail or photo gallery generator...I did everything, every single picture positioning, insertion and comments by hand. Now, if you please, give me a few more days. Everything should be up by 12th June 2005. I promise I will try my best. Here's something for you... You : Hey kid! When is the picture gallery gonna be up? Xeon : Er...I'm trying to hurry. Before 12th June 2005, k?

64. Norse Mythology : Gods, Goddesses, Spirits, Deities From Denmark, Norway And Sca norse mythology. Meet the Viking Gods of Norway, Denmark and Scandinavia! Our comprehensive Encyclopedia Of All Known Gods lists hundreds of legends and http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/norse-mythology.php

HOME NEWS TOP GODS THE PANTHEONS ... HELP!!! BACK TO PANTHEONS INTRODUCTION TO NORSE MYTHOLOGY JUMP TO A GOD Enter first few letters of name Advanced search COMPLETE A-Z LIST OF NORSE GODS VIEW GODS BY NAME CONTACT US HELP THE GODS! Make a donation View the Top Gods ... LINK TO US The Viking Gods Of Norse Mythology Norse Gods The current Top Ten: LOKI ODIN THOR FREYA RAGNAROK VALKYRIES BALDUR FENRIR HEL TYR More Info Introduction The red-blooded, rip-roaring, gung-ho Gods beloved by the Vikings. We could have listed them as Nordic, but 'Norse' sounds like the snorting of a giant battle stallion so we went for that. Their idea of Heaven was VALHALLA. Warriors only. You had to die in battle first and be escorted by beautiful blonde VALKYRIES. Here you could clash in battle all day long, your cleft limbs and cleavagings miraculously restored at the close of play. Then you spent all night carousing, feasting, getting roaring drunk and discussing the day's fun. "Bjorn, when you took my head off with that double-headed axe - just brilliant. I didn't see it coming at all. My blood hit the ceiling! Just wait till tomorrow though. I've got a great revenge planned." "I'll drink to that! Here, barmaid, five hundred drinking horns of Kvas please. And a packet of pork scratchings." So welcome to the Norse pantheon, which is not just Norway but the rest of Scandinavia - which includes Denmark and Sweden. The Vikings who were Swedes travelled mostly eastwards, and the Danes and Norwegians travelled mostly westwards. (The Swedes also ventured into Finland, which was not too impressed and mostly preferred its own Gods.) And Iceland came into the equation and did its own Viking things from 800 A.D.

65. Norse Mythology In The Wheel Of Time Norse and germanic mythology in Robert Jordan s _The Wheel of Time_ books. http://hem.passagen.se/kjnoren/jordan/norse.html

Norse and Germanic Mythology in The Wheel of Time (Last changed November 1997 - section on Lanfear) Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Spoilers 1.2 Sources 1.3 Names and roles of some gods ... 5.3 Bibliography and sources on the Internet 1. Introduction The main troubles in finding parallels and inspiration from the Norse and Germanic mythology in The Wheel of Time (TWoT) is that the sources of Germanic mythology are very fragmented and in most cases preserved during the Christian era as literary stories or historified myths; and that Robert Jordan (RJ) deliberately went into bowdlerising them by writing a story that can be seen as the origin of the myths - and not only the Germanic ones. The parallels can theoretically be divided in story/plot parallels and character parallels. There are also details that more or less correspond to each other. I have tried to be rather strict when trying to say that a specific instance in TWoT has its "origin" in Germanic myths. This is especially true of the common indoeuropean material present in the Germanic mythology, like the Tree of Life. On the other hand, I have tried to be complete and list all evidence. You will have to judge for yourself, I only provide the "evidence". Most connections are classified by strength, but some are noted as possible - more of the story must be unfolded before any answer can be found. They go from certain, strong, moderate to weak. Please note that I haven't found any "free-standing" plot parallels, apart from minor cases related to the character parallels. I am pretty sure such exists, but they are 1) much harder to find; 2) much easier to bowdlerise and change (eg

66. Squirrel Home The role of the squirrel in norse mythology, along with some poems from the Edda and related essays. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1734/

Home of The Squirrel Welcome! Welcome to Home of the Squirrel, a place devoted primarily to the study of History, Philosophy and Language, as well as related and unrelated topics of interest to these pages' editor, who for this purpose has adopted the name of the squirrel in Norse Mythology, Ratatoskr If you want to contribute or comment any articles published here, we will value your input. Please feel free to send mail to ratatoskr@geocities.com Table of contents Sorry about being late with the updates! Please return later for more articles, writings and sources to our favorite subjects. History Frå heidenskap til kristendom - form eller overtyding? . This article is discussing different views on the Christianization of Norway, and is written by the Norwegian historian H. Grove. From Heathendom to Christendom: a genuine conversion?

67. Encyclopedia: Norse Mythology In norse mythology, Hà “nir was a very indecisive god and a member of the †sir. In norse mythology, Kvasir was created from the saliva of all the gods, http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Norse-mythology

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68. Norse Mythology@Everything2.com As a general rule of thumb, Norse myths are inconsistent at best. The greatest difference between Norse myths and Greek myths is that Greek myths are http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Norse Mythology

69. Welcome To Your Web Site norse mythology including biographics of the gods, and myths such as The Death of Balder . http://www.nordicwisdom.com/

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70. Norse Mythology (Below is an introduction to norse mythology, I will be adding pages to this website To me, norse mythology is one of the most intriguing, original and http://valdis.sca.dragonshadow.info/rmyth.html

Click Here to Send Email to Valdis Silver Dragon Creations My Live Journal SBMSCA (SCAdians in the San Bernardino Mountains) ... Photos A Click Can Help Support the Following Organizations - and it's Free! see what bands benefitted from your clicks yesterday (Below is an introduction to Norse Mythology, I will be adding pages to this website which will include my own writings on this subject - Valdis Isbrandsdottir) Norse Mythology and the Zodiac Norse Mythology In the beginning there was cold and heat The way to the North - Norway - has always been regarded as a route that is hard to find, difficult to tread and fraught with unspeakable dangers. To the writers of ancient Greece and Rome Norway was a mythical world - Ultima Thule, peopled by wild barbarians and full of strange and fantastic creatures. by Tor à ge Bringsværd In the 4th century BC, the Greek Pytheas described a place where the laws of nature seemed to be suspended, where earth and water and air came together and everything seemed to float about freely. The renowned historian Herodot complained that it was actually quite impossible to say anything at all about the northern regions, because one simply couldn't see a foot in front of one. This was because of all the white feathers that constantly blow in people's faces - the air is thick with such feathers, he wrote, and the ground completely covered by them! We should probably interpret this observation as the somewhat unsuccessful attempt of a southerner to describe a snowstorm. However, it's true enough; Norway has always had more than its share of snow and ice. A major portion of our country lies north of the Arctic Circle. And even though the glaciers have long since receded from these parts, the Ice Age lasted longer in Norway than in most other places.

71. Solar Deities In Norse Mythology, An Article By Jodie Forrest norse mythology and astrology. However, at first glance, norse mythology doesn t include the radiant solar beings one might expect. http://www.stevenforrest.com/freya.html

Steven Forrest's and Jodie Forrest's Website: Alpha Lyra Consulting and Seven Paws Press SOLAR DEITIES IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY, by Jodie Forrest (First published in THE MOUNTAIN ASTROLOGER) The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's painting, 'The Sun,' shows a huge, radiant solar disc rising over a fjord, where a diminutive house clings to a rocky cliff overlooking the water. Munch's sun emits kaleidoscopically multicolored rays of pulsing, almost animate, light, all streaming out from that immense central core, illuminating and virtually setting fire to the landscape below. The original hangs in the Festival Hall at the University of Oslo. A print hangs in my office and often stops first time clients in their tracks. Perhaps Munch painted his impression of Scandinavia's famous midnight sun. In the more northerly parts of Scandinavia, around the summer solstice, the light doesn't completely fade from the sky. Friends who've traveled there at that time report that they felt happy, almost euphoric, and that the native Scandinavians, however undemonstrative, seemed to react with equal energy. On the other hand, around the winter solstice, the dark doesn't completely leave either. Melancholia, depression, substance abuse,and violence may all increase then. Some Scandinavians install banks of full spectrum lighting in their homes to counteract the loss of light. One might think that solar deities would assume great importance in the land of the midnight sun. However, at first glance, Norse mythology doesn't include the radiant solar beings one might expect.Instead we find a myth about the Sun and the Moon, which seems to assign equal importance to each luminary. Then there's the goddess of love and fertility, Freyja, who has the distinctly solar attributes of

72. The Northern Path: Norse Myths And Legends Retold...And What They Revealt The Northern Path recounts not just the Norse myths themselves and the CAN T GET ENOUGH norse mythology? Check out these other resources on our site http://www.stevenforrest.com/northernpath.html

The Northern Path: Norse Myths and Legends Retold ... And What They Reveal by Dag Rossman CLICK HERE TO ORDER The website of Jodie Forrest and Steven Forrest: Alpha Lyra Consulting Seven Paws Press "A magnificent treasure!" Lloyd Alexander, Newbery award-winning author of the Chronicles of Prydain Why is Douglas "Dag" Rossman uniquely qualified to tell these Nordic tales as few have done since the storytellers of the Viking Age spun their yarns for kings and commoners? Who could better understand the tales' power and import in the lives of our ancestors than someone who tells them as the ancient storytellers did? Read Dean Andersson's review here TABLE OF CONTENTS: THE NORTHERN PATH By Douglas "Dag" Rossman SECTION ONE: Voices from the Viking Agethe Tales Retold Author's Note Foreward: A Return to the Viking Age Part One: Ice and Fire The Creation The Trials of Odin War of the Gods The Walls of Asgard The Mead of Poetry Gifts for the Gods The Theft of Thor's Hammer The Courtship of Gerd Loki's Children Part Two: The Oldest Troll Tale Grendel and His Mother Part Three: The Ring of Doom Episode One: Otter's Blood Price Episode Two: The Coming of Sigurd Episode Three: Sigurd Meets the Dragon Episode Four: Sigurd Awakens Brynhild Episode Five: The Curse Strikes Agaon Part Four: Hammer and Misteltoe Thor's Visit to Utgard Thor Goes Fishing Thor's Duel With Hrungnir Thor and the Giant Geirrod The Apples of Idunn Skadi's Choice The Death of Balder The Binding of Loki Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods

73. Norse Mythology: Listing Of Gods/Goddesses Listing of Norse Gods And Goddesses. Aarvak One of the horses of the dawn/sun. He has been identified with the Greek Pegasus. Aegir The god of the sea, http://www.angelfire.com/pa/WoundedDove/norse.html

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74. CliffsNotes::Mythology:Book Summary And Study Guide About norse mythology Supernatural Races in Norse Myth. The Aesir were the primary race of gods, which included Odin, Thor, Tyr, Balder, and Heimdall, http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-83,pageNum-99.html

Mythology Table of Contents About Mythology Introduction About Egyptian Mythology Introduction Some Principal Gods Summaries and Commentaries for Egyptian Mythology The Creation Osiris About Babylonian Mythology Introduction The Major Gods Summaries and Commentaries for Babylonian Mytholog... The Creation The Flood Gilgamesh Commentary on Babylonian Mythology About Indian Mythology Introduction The Main Vedic Gods Hindu Gods and Concepts Summaries and Commentaries for Indian Mythology Indra and the Dragon Bhrigu and the Three Gods Rama and Sita Buddha Commentary on Rama and Sita and Buddha About Greek Mythology Introduction The Titans Other Primordial Deities The Olympian Gods Other Gods Mythical Greek Geography Summaries and Commentaries for Greek Mythology Commentary on The Beginnings Myths (Poseidon throu... Commentary on Perseus, Bellerophon and Heracles Commentary on Jason and Theseus Commentary on Meleager and Orpheus Commentary on The Trojan War Other Myths About Roman Mythology Introduction The Roman Gods Summaries and Commentaries in Roman Mythology Commentary on Aeneas and Romulus and Remus Commentary on the Love Tales About Norse Mythology Introduction Supernatural Races in Norse Myth The Major Norse Gods Creation and Catastrophe Summaries and Commentaries for Norse Mythology Odin Thor Balder Frey Freya Loki Commentary on The Norse Gods Beowulf The Volsungs Sigurd Commentary on Beowulf, The Volsungs, and Sigurd

75. Celtic And Norse Mythology, Celtic Jewelry, Celtic, Celtic Design, Celtic Knots, Celtic and norse mythology, Books, norse mythology, Norse God, Norse Goddess, I bought this book as a part of an analysis of norse mythology, http://www.magictails.com/rmnorse.html

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76. Norse Mythology We now know why norse mythology, Celtic Druidism, and Greek mythology all bear such The central figure of norse mythology is the hero known as ODIN. http://www.ensignmessage.com/archives/normyth.html

THE OLD TESTAMENT ROOTS OF NORSE MYTHOLOGY D OES Bible prophecy actually speak to us of the Norse and related peoples of Europe? I believe that it does, and that these peoples can trace their descent from the Biblical lost tribes of the House of Israel, removed out of their land in Assyrian captivity two thousand seven hundred years ago, and lost to recorded history. The Caucasian peoples, including the Norse, migrated out of Asia into Europe in the early pre-Christian centuries, and have fulfilled many of the prophecies in both the Old and New Testaments concerning Israel in the latter days. Let's begin our study in the foremost prophetic book of the New Testament, Revelation. In Revelation chapter 12, there appears a spectacular vision which has intrigued Christians for centuries. The vision concerns 'a woman.' Bible commentators see this woman as representing Israel, and the vision as prophetic of events which were to take place in world history. We are told in verse two that this woman was about to give birth. The child was none other than Jesus Christ, for we are told in verse five that he was 'a man-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron.'

77. Norse Myths And Legends Illustrations Of Norse Mythology; Mythic Norse Myths Realistic Illustrations of norse mythology by Howard David Johnson, Norse mythic art prints. http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com/nordicmyths.htm

I llustrations of Norse Mythology: Featuring Teutonic Mythology and the Siegfried Legends. ( Ancient Nordic Myths and Legends of the Vikings, Germany, and Scandinavia.) An educational multi-media gallery of realistic Illustrations of Norse Mythology and word paintings by Contemporary American Illustrator and Author Howard David Johnson A.K.A. Teutonic Mythology - Nordic Mythology Scandinavian Mythology Norse Myths - Myths of the Vikings - Legends of the Aesir and the J tung Educational Multi-Media Mythic Art Galleries Howard David Johnson has five different galleries devoted to myths and legends of the ancient world Greek Mythology Celtic Mythology Asian Mythology Norse Mythology ... Women of Mythology Newly Updated! Newly Updated! Newly Updated! You are here! Newly Updated! "Whosoever will renounce love and make a ring from the gold will rule the world." T he enormously popular "Lord of the Rings" is largely based on the 13th century Nibelungenlied saga from a Middle High German epic poem. It also draws upon the varying folklore of Northern Europe. Odin was the Scandinavian father god and his favorite mortal was Siegfried (or Sigurd in the Volsunga Saga from Iceland) and is the chief hero and Dragon Slayer of all Norse Mythology. In one version, Siegfried is the prince of the Netherlands who acquires the treasure of the Nibelungs by killing it's quarrelsome custodians in a cavern. He visits the court of Queen Br

78. John Lindow, Norse Mythology A careful reading of John Lindow s norse mythology will not only acquaint the While a large percentage of norse mythology necessarily draws upon Snorri http://greenmanreview.com/book/book_lindow_norsemythology.html

John Lindow, Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs (Oxford University Press, 2001) A careful reading of John Lindow's Norse Mythology will not only acquaint the casual reader with the primary themes and characters of Norse mythology, it will also introduce the reader to the sources, the arguments, the geographic settings, and the various contradictory and interwoven nuances that abound within this branch of folklore. Then this book will continue to serve the reader as a reference both to and for the source texts, should one wish to further explore this fascinating and transcendant mythos. While a large percentage of Norse Mythology necessarily draws upon Snorri Sturluson's (and, to a lesser extent, Saxo Grammaticus') writings, Dr. Lindow also draws upon other sources to fully inform the alphabetical guide that makes up the bulk of this work. Each such reference is mentioned in the copious footnotes. These footnotes underscore the usefulness of this book for the average English reader, as most of the references cited are not available in English translations, but are scholarly texts of Germanic and Scandinavian origin. The book opens with an introduction that explores the historical background of the Scandinavian people, their ties to Indo-European culture, the tradition of Skaldic poetry, and the texts of Snorri Sturluson. In addition, problems that arise in studying Norse mythology are addressed, problems that develop as texts dealing with Norse deities were composed by Christian authors writing in different languages centuries after the actual worship of the deities.

79. Norse Mythology norse mythology lies at the core of runelore. The runes are inextricably bound to norse mythology. One who aspires to be a user of runes needs a working http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/mythology.html

The runes are inextricably bound to Norse mythology. One who aspires to be a user of runes needs a working knowledge of the mythology and writings of the runic era. In the beginning was Muspell , the realm of fire. It is a place of dreadful light and heat. Only its natives, the Fire Giants , can tolerate its flames. Surt , a Fire Giant , guards Muspell's border, armed with a flaming sword. At the end of the era, at Ragnarok Surt and his companions will destroy all the Gods and and their world with fire. Outside of Muspell lies the void called Ginnungagap , and north of Ginnungagap is Niflheim , the world of awesome dark and cold. In this world are eleven rivers flowing from a great well. The rivers are frozen and occupy Ginnungagap . When the wind, rain, ice, and cold meet the heat and fire of Muspell in the center of Ginnungagap , a place of light, air, and warmth is born. Where fire and ice first met, thawing drops appeared. Beneath the melting ice lay a Frost Giant named Ymir Ymir slept, falling into a sweat. Under his left arm there grew a couple, male and female Giants. One of his legs begot a son with the other. The melting frost became a cow called Audhumla from whose udders ran four rivers of milk that fed Ymir.

80. Runes, Alphabet Of Mystery norse mythology The runes are inextricably bound to norse mythology. A rune user needs a working knowledge of the Norse/Teutonic pantheon and mythology. http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/

Introduction to Runes - What the runes are. Origins of the Runes - Where the runes came from. Meanings of the Rune Symbols - The Elder Futhark explained. Write in Runes - A javascript will transliterate names or words into rune symbols. The Blank Rune Controversy - Is there a "blank rune"? Pronunciation of Rune Names Runecasting - Runic divination using basic layouts. Runecasting Layouts - Some complex layouts for runic divination. Runecasting Aspects - When should a rune be read as "reversed" or "merkstave"? Make a Rune Set - A rune set you make yourself is the most accurate for divination. Tarot Correspondences - There is a theory that the runes were the original basis for tarot. A Runecaster's Lament - About a common problem... Runic Tattoos - Read before you do it! The Rune Poems - Memory aids to the runes from different ancient cultures. New Rune Poems - These are more relevant to the new millennium.

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