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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) - 07:03, 15 April 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Haakon Haakonsson (1204 – December 15, 1263) (Norwegian Håkon Håkonsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson), also called Haakon the Old, was king ...19 KB (3,123 words) - 23:53, 29 July 2023
- figures within ancient mythology, including the Norse goddesses Frigg and Freyja, the Mesopotamian Ishtar, the Syro-Palestinian Astarte, and Venus' ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- in modern English are derived from Old Norse, though of the 100 most used ... each lost control of Northumbria to fresh Norse attacks before regaining ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- Category:Anthropology Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Siegfried rhinemaidens.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- Jakob Berzelius, who named it after Thor, the Norse god of thunder. The metal had virtually no uses until the invention of the lantern mantle in 1885. ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- ("Turold," a variant of Old Norse "Thorvaldr"). ... later, southern aesthetic into the story. A Norse version of the Song of Roland ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- The Norse legend that Thor sheltered from a thunderstorm under an oak tree has led to the belief that having an acorn on a windowsill will prevent ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 17:31, 16 February 2023
- legends and as Þjóðrekr and Þiðrekr in Norse mythology. During his reign ... The Norse saga deals with Dietrich's return home. The most familiar ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- new home and added features from their own Norse language, transforming it ... began to lose much of its Germanic and Norse vocabulary, although it retained ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- The Isle of Man was controlled by Norse, Scottish, and English lords ... minted from an imported type two Hiberno-Norse penny die from Dublin. Hiberno ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- From 984 C.E., it was colonized by Norse settlers who lived in two ... Main contributors to the demise of the Norse settlements appeared ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- In Old Norse, the víkingr, Jan Terje Faarlund. The Syntax of Old Norse ... on the Skagerrak, from where the first Norse merchant-warriors originated ...60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
- are believed to have been the Vikings ("Norse") during the eleventh century, who established several colonies in Greenland and one short ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- settlers around 700 C.E., bringing the Old Norse language to the islands, ... is most similar to Icelandic and Old Norse. In contrast, spoken Faeroese ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- of the fifth century and sixth centuries C.E. Old Norse parallels of the legend survive in the Völsunga saga, the Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda, the ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:27, 14 November 2022
- be expanded to include the areas where Old Norse was spoken and where the ... Faroese, which are descended from Old West Norse. Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978 - February 20, 1054) (East Slavic: Ярослав Мудрый; Christian name: George; Old Norse: Jarizleifr) was ...19 KB (2,940 words) - 10:15, 22 May 2023
- According to the Norse legends, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ... According to the Norse sagas, Oslo was founded around 1049, by King ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
