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- Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian legends and religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people and Northern Germanic tribes ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
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- Bragi is the god of poetry in Norse mythology. Given the prominent role that poetry played in Nordic society (as it was the primary means of ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 14:56, 28 April 2020
- recounts a number of stories out of Norse mythology while explicating ... in them. In addition, Sturluson's Old Norse, while quite different from ...13 KB (2,143 words) - 05:13, 13 October 2022
- Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson) (c. 970 – c. 1020 C.E.) was a Norse explorer thought to be the first European to have landed in ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- Iðunn (romanized "Idun") is one of the goddesses of the Norse pantheon. She is best known in two unrelated roles: as the wife of Bragi ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- Loki (sometimes referred to by his full name, Loki Laufeyjarson) is the god of mischief, lies, and trickery in Norse mythology. He is the son ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- Heimdall is the sentry of Asgard and a member of the Aesir (the gods of the Norse pantheon). His most important function within Norse mythology ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- Norse Mythology is renowned for its rich tapestry of colorful stories ... ==Völund in a Norse Context== As a figure in the Norse mythic corpus ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Frigg or Frigga was said to be "foremost among the goddesses," Sturluson, Prose Edda, Gylfaginning. wife of Odin ...17 KB (2,558 words) - 12:00, 17 October 2022
- In Norse mythology, Brunhild or Brynhildr is one of the Valkyries or warrior maidens esteemed for their military prowess. Her honored status ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- pagan, devoting himself to the Slavic-Norse deities, establishing numerous ... his housekeeper Malusha, described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who ...12 KB (1,795 words) - 20:46, 3 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr) was the realm of the gods (the Aesir) that was mythologically connected to the abode of the ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Along with Snorri ...21 KB (3,478 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- beings. Moreover, in the sources for Norse mythology, "troll" ... have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of the Vanir (the gods of prosperity and fertility), and is seen as the god of ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- The earliest preserved examples of Old Norse literature are the Eddic ... Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in Old ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- An elf is a mystical creature found in Norse mythology that still ... ===Norse=== The earliest preserved description of elves comes from ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- In Norse Mythology, Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) was a widely worshipped deity among the Viking peoples and revered as the "God of Thunder. ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- the Old Saxon Heliand, and the Old Norse Poetic Edda all use alliterative ... alliterative meters beyond those of Old Norse. There have been many different ...24 KB (3,773 words) - 20:35, 30 November 2023
- Rægnold, the sons of Eadulf, the English, Norse, Danes and others all of ... Old Norse and Old English were still mutually comprehensible to a ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- The word "fjord" comes from Old Norse, fjörðr, meaning ... in the verb fare (travelling/ferrying), the Norse noun substantive fjörðr ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024