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Norse Mythology
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Norse = North
Scandinavia
IcelandNorwaySweden
Denmark
Where did Scandinavian immigrants settle in the USA in large numbers?
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Aesir
collection of Norse gods
vanir: other group of gods defeated by the Aesir
some gods/goddesses from the vanir were adopted into the aesir
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Odin (Woden)
chief norse god
had an 8-legged horse
2 ravens
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Friggconsort of odin
goddess of marriage and motherhood
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thor
god of thunder
mjolnir: his hammer
son of odin
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balder (baldr)
son of odin and Frigg
friendly and naive
god of light and beauty
killed by hödr/loki (mistletoe)
will be resurrected at ragnarök
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loki
mischievous god
associated with chaos
killer of baldr
blood brother of odin
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Tyr
god of war
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Freya (freyja)
goddess of fertility, love, and beautyformerly part of the vanir
associated with prophecy
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Sunday associated with Apollo & the sun
Monday associated with the moon
Tuesday Tyr’s day
Wednesday Otin’s or Woden’s day
Thursday Thor’s day
Friday Frigg’s/Freya’s day
Saturday Saturn
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yggdrasil
cosmological tree that held the 9 worlds of norse mythology
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Utgard
JotunheimJotun = Trolls
Midgard
Åsgard
Alvheim
Bifröst
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ragnarökfinal battle between aesir and powers of evil
aesir loses and most gods are killed
earth is submerged into the sea but will reemerge and be repopulated
baldr and hödr will be resurrected
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Norse beliefs about the afterlife
are fuzzy and inconsistent.
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Helheim (Helgard)
underworld ruled by queen hel
place for the dead
dreary place of boredom
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Valhalla
place of reward for warriors in the afterlife
in Asgard
place of battle
only women were valkyries (took warriors from
the battlefield to valhalla and served mead)
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The end
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