Vikings-- Came from Norway, Finland, and Sweden
Ginnungagap - A primordial void. The creation myth for Norse Mythology.
Nifleheim - Mist world.
Muspellheim - Land of fire.
Nifleheim - Mist world.
Muspellheim - Land of fire.
The Valkyries-- Choosers of the Slain.
Yggdrasil - a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together.
Asgard - the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
Midgard - the abode of humans in Norse mythology
Hel .
Bifrost Bridge - The bridge leading from Midgard to Asgard.
Ymir - Frost giant.
Odin - ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg.
Frigg - goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin.
The Norns - any of the three goddesses of destiny.
Thor - god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt.
Balder - god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg.
Njord - chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya.
Frey - god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya.
Freya - goddess of love and; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey.
Idunn - goddess of spring and youth; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young.
Loki - trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor.
Fenrir - an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin.
Jormungandr - Midgard serpent or world serpent.
Ragnarok - the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the Æsir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the giants and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki.
Yggdrasil - a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together.
Asgard - the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
Midgard - the abode of humans in Norse mythology
Hel .
Bifrost Bridge - The bridge leading from Midgard to Asgard.
Ymir - Frost giant.
Odin - ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg.
Frigg - goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin.
The Norns - any of the three goddesses of destiny.
Thor - god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt.
Balder - god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg.
Njord - chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya.
Frey - god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya.
Freya - goddess of love and; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey.
Idunn - goddess of spring and youth; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young.
Loki - trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor.
Fenrir - an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin.
Jormungandr - Midgard serpent or world serpent.
Ragnarok - the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the Æsir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the giants and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki.
Runes - Pebble type things that had specific meanings or letters for each symbol. Told the future and were a way of communicating.
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