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Alfheim: land of the light
elves
& the palace of the God Freyr
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Aesir: the principal race of
Norse Gods |
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Angrboda: giantess, mother of Fenrir
& Hel |
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Asbru = Bifrost |
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Asgard: world of the Aesir |
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Ask & Embla: the first pair of humans
created by Odin, Ve
& Vili |
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B
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Bifrost: the bridge between
Midgard & Asgard
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Blast: built the walls surrounding Asgard |
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Bor & Bestla: giants, parents of Odin,
Ve & Vili
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Bragarfull: Cup of Bragi
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C
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C |
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D
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Draupner: ring of Odin
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E
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Eldir: servant of Aegir
& Ran |
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F
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Fimafeng: servant of Aegir
& Ran |
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Fimbulvetr: winter of winters, preceding Ragnarok |
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Fjalar: cock that will crow to the giants at
Ragnarok |
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Folkvang: realm of Freya |
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Freki ("Gobbler"): wolf
of Odin |
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Friday: Frigg's day |
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G
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Garm: hound that guards the entrance to Helheim,
will kill & be killed by Tyr
at Ragnarok |
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Gastropnir, in Jotunheim,
home of the giantess Menglad |
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Geirrendour the Giant: father of the 9 mothers
of Heimdall |
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Gerd: giantess, wife of Frey
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Geri ("Greedy"): wolf
of Odin |
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Gjall: horn of Heimdall |
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Gjoll: river that flows from the spring Hvergelmir
and encircles Helheim |
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Gladsheim: the hall of the
gods in Asgard on Ida |
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Gleipnir: magic ribbon, made by dwarves,
to hold Fenrir |
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Glitnir: palace of Forseti |
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Gotterdammerung = Ragnarok |
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Grid: giantess, mother of Vidar |
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Gullinbursti (golden-bristled): boar of Frey
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Gullinkambi: golden cock that will crow
to the Gods at Ragnarok |
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Gullintani ("gold tooth"): Heimdall |
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Gulltop: horse of Heimdall |
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Gungnir: spear of Odin
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H
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Hati: wolf
that will devour the moon at Ragnarok
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Hel: rules Helheim,
daughter of Loki |
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Helheim: Realm of the dead,
located in Niflheim |
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Himinbjorg: hall of Heimdall |
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Hler, Island of: near Aegir's
undersea hall |
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Hodmimir's Forest: where Lif
and Lifthrasir will hide |
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- Honir, man sent to the Vanir
by the Aesir in the company
of Mimir |
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Hraesvelg ("corpse eater"): giant who sits at
the edge of the world, overlooking Helheim |
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Hrimthurs: built the walls surrounding Asgard |
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Huginn ("Thought") : raven of Odin |
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Hvergelmir ("roaring cauldron"): spring of river
Gjoll, at the base of Yggdrasil |
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- Hymir: commander of giants, sails Naglfar
at Ragnarok, possible father
of Tyr |
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I
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Ida(voll), plain of: where the Aesir
meet to decide important issues |
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Ivaldi: Loki asked these
dwarfs
to spin hair of gold for Sif |
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- Iving: river that seperates Jotunheim
from Asgard |
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J
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Jormungand, Midgard
serpent, will make the sea rear up at Ragnarok
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Jotunheim: Land of the
frost & rock giants |
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K
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Kvasir: the wisest man of the Vanir |
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L
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Lif and Lifthrasir: the only humans
who will survive Ragnarok
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M
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Menglad: giantess - |
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Midgard: Land of humans |
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Mimir: the wisest man of the Aesir
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- Mimir's Well of Wisdom/Mímisbrunnr: situated
in Jotunheim at the base
of Yggdrasil |
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Mjollnir: hammer of Thor,
he used this hammer to kill the rock giant that Blast
really was. If thrown, the hammer would return to him
like a boomerang |
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Modgud: guards the entrance to Helheim |
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Muninn ("Memory"): raven of Odin |
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Muspelheim: Land of the Fire Giants |
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Muspell: home of Surt |
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N
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Naglfar: ship of the
giants |
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Nanna: mother of Forseti |
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- Nastrond: the Shore of Corpses |
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Nidavellir: Land of the dwarfs |
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- Nidhogg: serpent, eats corpses at Nastrond,
and gnaws on the roots of Yggdrasil |
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Niflheim ("house of mists"):
World of the dead |
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Noatun: home of Njord |
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O
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P
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Q
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Q |
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R
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Ratatosk: squirrel, a notorious gossip, lives
in Yggdrasil |
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S
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Skadi: giantess, stepmother of Frey |
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Skidbladnir: ship of
Frey |
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Skirnir: servant of Frey |
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Skoll: wolf
that will devour the sun at Ragnarok |
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Skuld ("being"): one of the Norns |
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Sleipnir: eight-footed steed
of Odin |
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Slidrugtanni: boar of Frey
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Surt: fire giant, will kill Frey
at the Ragnarok & will
then set fire to Yggdrasil |
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Svadilfari: magic horse of Blast/Hrimthurs,
father of Sleipnir |
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Svartalfheim: Land of the dark elves |
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T
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Thiazi: storm giant who abducted Idun,
father of Skadi |
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Thrym ("uproar"): king of the frost giants, ruler
of Jotunheim |
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- Thrymheim ("house of uproar"): mountain stronghold
of Thiazi & Skadi, in Jotunheim |
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- Thursday: named for Thor |
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U
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Urd ("fate"): one of the Norns
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Urd, Well of/Urdarbrunnr: the Well of
Fate, guareded by the Norns,
beneath the Asgard root of
Yggdrasil, where the Gods
meet daily |
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Utgard: chief city of Jotunheim |
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Utgard-Loki, giant, ruler of Utgard |
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V
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Valhalla: hall of the slain,
ruled by Odin |
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- Vanaheim: land of the Vanir |
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Vanir: originally a group of
wild nature and fertility gods and goddesses, the sworn
enemies of the warrior gods of the Aesir
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Vingolf, hall of: on Ida, where the goddesses
stay |
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Verdandi ("necessity"): one of the Norns |
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Vidi: hall of Vidar in
Asgard |
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Vidofnir ("tree snake"), the golden cock that
perches on the topmost bough of Yggdrasil |
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Vigrid, plain of ("battle shaker"): where the
last battle will be fought at Ragnarok |
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W
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X
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Y
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Yggdrasil: the World Tree,
the giant ash tree that links and shelters all the worlds
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Ymir: from the slain body of this primeval being,
Odin, Ve
& Vili created heaven and
earth and built the twelve realms |
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Z
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