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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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- based on her extensive study of pre-Christian Norse mythology and history and for receiving the Noble Prize for Literature in 1928. While she was immersed ...888 bytes (147 words) - 00:24, 25 July 2023
- #:In Norse mythology, Freyja was the goddess of fertility. # A woman honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence. ...735 bytes (84 words) - 10:30, 28 December 2023
- heaven), and possibly the rare Icelandic and Old Norse hifinn (heaven, sky), which are all probably dissimilated forms of the Germanic root which appears ...3 KB (405 words) - 23:10, 29 August 2023
- European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skrīni (German Schrein). ==Noun== shrine (plural shrines) ...1 KB (175 words) - 16:34, 30 November 2023
- 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
- zimbar (German Zimmer), Norwegian tømmer, Old Norse timbr, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build”), Latin domus and Ancient Greek ...2 KB (197 words) - 15:04, 2 September 2023
- 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
- West Germanic *rās; and partially from Old Norse rás (a running, race); both ... whence Old High German reiza (line) and Old Norse ríta (to score, log, outline ...7 KB (1,089 words) - 16:36, 31 August 2023
- 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
- (market), Old High German markat (market), Old Norse markaðr (market). ==Noun== market (plural markets) # A gathering of people for the purchase ...3 KB (423 words) - 22:55, 28 September 2023
- 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
