- Vikings: the people that live in Northern Europe
- Ginnungagap: the dark void before the world was created
- Nifleheim: the land of fog and ice
- Muspellheim: the land of fire
- Yggdrasil: the world ash tree
- Asgard: home of the gods
- Midgard: the home of all humans
- Hel: goddess of death
- Bifrost Bridge: a divine bridge that links between humans and gods
- Ymir: a wild, fierce, evil giant
- Odin: the god of gods and humans
- Frigg: wife of Odin and most powerful goddess, the cloud spinner
- The Valkyries: Odin's daughters, the choosers of the slain
- The Norns: the fate maidens
- Thor: son of Odin and Frigg, the warrior son
- Balder: son of Odin and Frigg, the beloved son
- Njord: Patron of the sailors
- Frey: god of fertility, prosperity, sun, and rain
- Freya: goddess of love, fertility, beauty, magic, war, and death
- Idunn: the protector of the golden apples
- Loki: son of the giants, the trickster
- Fenrir: wolf destroyer
- Jormungandr: world serpent
- Ragnarok: doomsday or final battle, the gods will lose, end of the world
- Runes: the language of Norse people that also can predict a persons future
Monday, December 1, 2008
Norse Vocab
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