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- 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
- Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the chief god in Norse mythology whose role in the Norse pantheon is complex and multivalent: he is known as the ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 10:20, 11 March 2023
- was one of the most important deities in Norse mythology. He was said ... Freyr was also one of the esteemed Vanir (a race of Norse gods) and ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- A dwarf is a mythical creature, appearing most frequently in Norse ... have the ability to forge magical items. In Norse mythology, for instance, ...15 KB (2,408 words) - 15:51, 24 September 2020
- 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
- Schule (school), Bavarian Schui (school), Old Norse skóli (school). Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (group of persons, host ...5 KB (618 words) - 19:17, 10 August 2023
- origins. Gnomes share many characteristics with the Norse dwarves, so much so that it is suggested that at a time in Scandinavian tradition, the two ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- In Norse Mythology, Freyja (sometimes anglicized as Freya or Freja), sister of Freyr and daughter of Njord (Njǫrđr), is a prototypical Norse ...27 KB (4,334 words) - 12:25, 13 October 2022
- in response, depicted the standardized Old Norse spelling as an artificial ... as an introductory text for students of Old Norse. Sigurður Nordal called ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- sometimes maliciously, for example the Norse Loki, but usually the trickster ... Eshu in Yoruba mythology, Loki in Norse mythology, and Wakdjunga ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- ===Germanic and Norse mythology=== [[Image:Ring45.jpg|thumb|right|200 ... In Germanic and Norse traditions, dragons were often depicted as a ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- [[Image:Yggdrasil.jpg|thumb|The Norse "world tree" Yggdrasil]] ... name of gods. The Tree of Life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- The Norse pantheon consisted of numerous minor dieties that were often overshadowed by the more famous gods such as Odin, Thor, Loki, and Freyja ...36 KB (5,860 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- the pantheon, including the Greek Zeus, the Norse Odin and the Chinese Shang ... many cases (such as those of the Greek or Norse mythology), the stories of ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
