Norns
Published on Feb 04, 2021
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Norns
- female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men.
- They roughly correspond to other controllers of humans' destiny, such as the Fates, elsewhere in European mythology
Ymir
- Ymir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional material, in the Prose Edda, written by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, and in the poetry of skalds.
Yggdrasil
- ggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is center to the cosmos and considered very holy.
- The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their things, traditional governing assemblies.
trolls
- beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.
- In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation,
audmula
- is a primeval cow.
- he primordial frost jötunn Ymir fed from her milk,
Midgard Serpent
- a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki.
- The serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the Earth and grasp its own tail.
Sleipnir
- an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin.
- is the child of Loki and Svaðilfari, is described as the best of all horses
Hugin and Munin
- a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to the god Odin.
- In the Poetic Edda, a disguised Odin expresses that he fears that they may not return from their daily flights.
valkyries
- one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live.
- Selecting among half of those who die in battle
Jormungand
- another name for the midgard serpant
Fenrir
- , is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology. Fenrir, together with Hel and the World Serpent, is a child of Loki and giantess Angrboða.
- due to the gods' knowledge of prophecies foretelling great trouble from Fenrir and his rapid growth, the gods bound him and as a result Fenrir bit off the right hand of the god Týr
Surt
- Surtr is foretold as being a major figure during the events of Ragnarök; carrying his bright sword, he will go to battle against the Æsir, he will do battle with the major god Freyr, and afterward the flames that he brings forth will engulf the Earth.
