grendel | | sun |
sigmund | | Odin's wolves |
raven | | epic poem dated back to between the 8th and early 11th century |
valhalla | | giant wolf that chases the sun around every day |
hel | | Rainbow Bridge used to reach Asgard |
frigg | | Odin's gift to the human race |
forseti | | Odin's spear |
jormungand | | Doomsday for Gods and men |
hammer | | "Past, Present, and Future"; goddesses of Fate |
thor | | Thor's wife's hair was made of this |
sol | | used to warn the gods of Doomsday |
norns | | Odin's great hall where fallen warriors reside |
nine | | monster that terrorizes the mead hall in the first written Scandinavian epic |
balder | | World Tree |
breath | | homeland of the Giants |
skoll | | Odin learned magic from these stones |
freyja | | messenger of the gods |
ymir | | responsible for Odin's inevitable death |
ragnarok | | Odin's Germanic name |
geriandfreki | | god of wind and sea; exchanged between the two groups of gods during peace treaty |
jotunheim | | largest serpent in the Universe |
snorri | | more peaceful group of gods and goddesses |
bifrost | | Odin's eight-legged steed |
mimir | | number of worlds connected together by World Tree |
vanir | | number of the more prominent gods in Asgard |
beowulf | | goddess of the Earth |
bolverk | | type of bird that delivers Odin news of the world |
tyr | | group of women that brought the bravest warriors to Odin's hall after their death |
hermod | | god of wisdom; guards the Well of Knowledge |
sleipnir | | one-handed god of war |
eye | | Odin's wife |
njord | | Odin gave up this body part to drink from the Well of Knowledge |
aesir | | goddess of love and beauty |
twelve | | the first being |
fenrir | | where the human race lives |
valkyries | | Odin's pseudo-alias used to acquire the Mead of Poetry |
jord | | god of justice |
loki | | Icelandic poet, comparable to Homer but for Norse mythology |
apple | | the trickster god of fire |
Yggdrasill | | main tribe of Norse gods and goddesses; similar to the Olympic gods |
gold | | Thor's weapon of choice |
midgard | | the "dying" god; Odin's son |
gungnir | | the mightiest of the gods |
wodan | | golden fruit that keeps gods young and immortal |
Runes | | similar to the Sword and the Stone, except this Norse hero pulled his magical sword from a great tree |
horn | | the Underworld |