Monday, December 1, 2008

Norse Vocab

  1. Vikings: the people that live in Northern Europe
  2. Ginnungagap: the dark void before the world was created
  3. Nifleheim: the land of fog and ice
  4. Muspellheim: the land of fire
  5. Yggdrasil: the world ash tree
  6. Asgard: home of the gods
  7. Midgard: the home of all humans
  8. Hel: goddess of death
  9. Bifrost Bridge: a divine bridge that links between humans and gods
  10. Ymir: a wild, fierce, evil giant
  11. Odin: the god of gods and humans
  12. Frigg: wife of Odin and most powerful goddess, the cloud spinner
  13. The Valkyries: Odin's daughters, the choosers of the slain
  14. The Norns: the fate maidens
  15. Thor: son of Odin and Frigg, the warrior son
  16. Balder: son of Odin and Frigg, the beloved son
  17. Njord: Patron of the sailors
  18. Frey: god of fertility, prosperity, sun, and rain
  19. Freya: goddess of love, fertility, beauty, magic, war, and death
  20. Idunn: the protector of the golden apples
  21. Loki: son of the giants, the trickster
  22. Fenrir: wolf destroyer
  23. Jormungandr: world serpent
  24. Ragnarok: doomsday or final battle, the gods will lose, end of the world
  25. Runes: the language of Norse people that also can predict a persons future