Across
- 2. a brave or experienced soldier or fighter
- 4. originally the name of the world of the dead; it later came to mean the goddess of death. Hel was one of the children of the trickster god Loki, and her kingdom was said to lie downward and northward.
- 6. first man
- 8. Thor's father, also known as the god of both war and death
- 9. the home of the Norse gods
- 13. is the son of Odin and Frigg. His name might mean "Lord" but is also associated with "day" and "courage"
- 14. trickster god
- 17. collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition
- 18. also called Norseman or Northman, member of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the 9th to the 11th century
Down
- 1. the hall of slain warriors, who live there blissfully under the leadership of the god Odin
- 3. the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
- 5. first female
- 7. a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity
- 10. Worship or praise
- 11. a figure in Norse mythology depicted as a warrior woman on horseback, a wolf or boar, and armed with a spear, who decides the fate of warriors in battle and carries the dead to Odin’s Valhalla.
- 12. the Queen of Asgard and the highest of the goddesses
- 15. The god of thunder and lightning
- 16. of or relating to ancient Scandinavia or the language of its inhabitants/relating to medieval Norway or Scandinavia, or their inhabitants or language