Norse or Germanic

Mythology

Achievements and

landmarks

Poetic Eda

•Collection of heroic and mythological poems.

•Was compiled from various sources by unknown

writers.

Prose Eda

•written by Icelandic politician Snorri

Sturluson.

Gylfaginning a fictional king Gylfi, goes in disguise to

asgard to find out about the gods and to

learn all of their wisdom.

TacitusOne of the most ancient references to

germanic myths is given byt the Roman

historian Gaius Cornelius.

Rune StoneRune from old Norse

which means “Mystery or

Secret”.

This stone was carved

by Varin for his dead son

Vemod, and contains an

ode to Theodoric, king of

the Goths.

Angel on an altar of

the Lombard King

RachisThe Long Bards originally

came from the south of

Sweden, but they established

themselves in Italy and gave

name to the region of

Lombardy. Some tales explain

that, when they became too

big in number, the Winnili

divided between three groups

and draw between them to

stay in their territory. The

group headed by Ibor and Aio

lost, so they left in search of a

new land.

JutonsLand os Giants, surrounded with seas and

oceans with mountainous picks.

Idavoll Meeting place of gods.

Nidavellir Home of the dwarves.

Dark dwelling or dark fields.

Yggdrasill

Is a gigantic

tree, thought to

connect all the

nine worlds of

Norse

Mythology.

Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology

AsgardThe home of Aesir (male) and Asynjur

(female) or the home of gods.

City of gods.

Inside the the gates of Asgard is Valhalla

ValhallaHome of fallen

Vikings

540 doors which

are wide

Roof is covered

with golden shields

Walls are made

from wooden spear

shafts.

Saehrimnir

“A giant pig”

Magical pig

When the steaks

cut from the side

of the pig, it will

grow back

immediately.

HeidrunA goat

Standingon the

roof of Valhalla

Ates from the

branches of the

tree of life.

From its udder

floats a lot of

mead, down to a

huge tub.

Valkyries

Serves the

vikings with

pork and mead.

Vanaheim

Home of Vanir.

AlfheimThe home of light elves.

MidgardHome of

the Humans

“Midle

Earth”

Connecte

d to Asgard

by Bifrost

Jotunhei

mHome of

theGiants.

Aka

Utgard.

Consist

mostly of

rocks,

wilderness

and dense

forests.

SvartalfheimHome of the dark elves.

NifleimNorth, world of fog and mist.

MusphelheimSouth, burning

hot place.

Filled with lava,

flames, sparks, and

soot.

Home of the

distroyers of the

world.

HelheimThe world of the eponymous

The underworld where the dead dwell.

Gods and Goddesses

Odinson of Bor and

Bestla.

the chief divinity

of the Norse

pantheon.

The Allfather.

a god of war and death, but also the god of poetry and wisdom.

Baldergod of light,

joy, purity,

beauty,

innocence, and

reconciliation.Son of Odin

and Frigg.

Friggwife of Odinpatron of

marriage and

motherhood,

and the

goddess of love

and fertility.

Thorgod of thunder.

He is generally

depicted as red-

headed and

bearded and eyes

of lighting.

son of Odin

and Jord, and one

of the most

powerful gods.

Tyrgod of war and the patron god of justice, the precursor of Odin.the boldest of the

gods, who inspires

courage and heroism

in battle.

represented as a

man with one hand,

because his right

hand was bitten off

by the gigantic wolf

Fenrir.

LokiThe Trickster.

The most

unpredictable and

certainly the most

dangerous god.

Freyagoddess of love and

fertility, and the most

beautiful and propitious of

the goddesses.

he patron goddess of

crops and birth, the

symbol of sensuality and

was called upon in matters

of love.

Goddess of sex, battle,

and pleasure, most

beautiful and desirable of

white-armed women,

Freyja was sister to the

male fertility god Freyr.

Bragi god of eloquence and poetry, and the patron of skalds (poets).son of Odin and Frigg.Runes were carved on his tongue and he inspired poetry in humans by letting them drink from the mead of poetry.

Forsetithe god of justice.

son of the god

Balder and his

mother is Nanna.

rules in the

beautiful palace

Glitnir, which

serves as a court of

justice and where

all legal disputes

are settled.

Heimdallgod of light.

born at the end of the

world and raised by the

force of the earth, seawater

and the blood of a boar.

carries the horn Gjallar.

the watchman of the gods

and guards Bifrost, the only

entrance to Asgard, the

realm of the gods.

It is Heimdall's duty to

prevent the giants from

forcing their way into

Asgard. He requires less

sleep than a bird and can

see a hundred miles around

him, by night as well as by

day.

Ve one of a triad of

ancient Scandinavian

gods including Odin

and Vili - sons of the

primordial pair of

giants Bor and Bestla.

he three brothers

created heaven and

earth from the slain

body of the primeval

being Ymir and built

the twelve realms.

Andvari Andvari

(Alberich)

guards treasures,

including

Tarnkappe, a

cape of

invisibility, and

gives Loki the

magic ring of the

Aesir, which is

called Draupnir.