Monday, December 1, 2008

Vikings: People from Norway, Finland and Scotland.

Ginnungagap: Dark void.

Nifleheim: Land of fog and ice.

Muspellheim: Land of fire.

Yggdrasil: Ash tree that is the world.

Asgard: Home of the gods.

Midgard: Home of the humans.

Hel: Home of the dead.

Bifrost Bridge: Bridge linking asgard to midgard.

Ymir: Evil old giant.

Odin: Oldest and greatest of gods.

Frigg: Wife of Odin.

The Valkyries: Choosers of the ones that go to Valhalla.

The Norns: fated maidens.

Thor: God of thunder, battle,and fertility, son of Odin.

Balder:Loved by all, son of Odin.

Njord: God of sea and wind.

Frey: God of fertility, prosperity, sun and rain.

Freya: goddess of love, fertility, beauty, magic, war, and death.

Idunn: Goddess of the golden apples, tricked by Loki.

Loki: Son of the giants, half blooded god, trickster, cunning, good and bad.

Fenrir: Son of Loki, turned into a wolf.

Jormungandr: World serpent.

Ragnarok: Doomsday, end of the humans and the gods.

Runes: rock, metal or wood, used to tell past, present or future.