Norse Pantheon

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  1. 4. the weapon that, through the machinations of Loki, caused the death of the god Baldur - Loki tricked the blind god Höd into hurling the mistletoe at Baldur / subsequently became a symbol of love and peace, with Frigg vowing to kiss anyone who stood beneath it
  2. 9. resided in Ásgard, a celestial fortified realm surrounded by a great wall / can either refer to the Norse pantheon of gods in general, or specifically to one of the main families of gods - in contrast to the Vanir, with whom they waged war before the joining of the two families
  3. 10. King of the Æsir clan and known as the 'father of the gods' or the 'Allfather' / often depicted as a one-eyed, bearded old man wearing a hat and cloak / rode a flying eight-legged horse called Sleipnir / said to have slain the first being known as Ymir, before carving up his dead body to help create the Earth
  4. 11. god of light and purity / praised by others for his mercifulness and considered the epitome of all things wise and good / though immortal, he was prophesized to die
  5. 14. even the Norse gods were subject to ______ - the concept of destiny or predetermined events
  6. 15. an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology / known as the 'World Tree' / connected the Nine Realms in Norse mythology and symbolized the interconnectedness of the cosmos, with its roots and branches reaching into various worlds
  7. 17. the traditional religion of Germanic peoples / pre-Christian, polytheistic religions / practiced across a vast area that encompassed Scandinavia, the British Isles, modern Germany, the Netherlands, and other parts of Europe / has a chronological range of over one thousand years
  8. 19. one of the oldest Norse deities / god of war and bloodshed - the patron of warriors and mythical heroes / also the god of justice and order / belonged to the Æsir clan of gods who resided in Ásgard / son of either Odin or a giant named Hymir / had his hand bitten off by the fearsome giant wolf called Fenrir, who was a child of Loki
  9. 20. trickster god, equipped with the ability to shapeshift into a multitude of different forms / more mischievous than pure evil, but still capable of causing great harm - engineered the death of Balder by carving an arrow out his only weakness, mistletoe
  10. 21. home of the humans in Norse mythology
  11. 22. closely linked with peace and good harvests / son of Njörðr and brother to Freya / also the god of fertility
  12. 24. god of thunder and lightning / wielded Mjölnir, a devastatingly powerful hammer that could slay giants and smash mountains / rode a chariot drawn by two massive goats called Tanngniost and Tanngrisnir / regarded as the strongest of all the Norse deities since he was tasked with safeguarding Asgard, the stronghold of the Æsir / Thursday stems from the Old Norse meaning "______'s Day"
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  1. 1. in contrast to the more war-mongering Æsir, this group of gods was associated with fertility, wisdom, and the ability to see the future / one of the two groups of gods
  2. 2. often depicted as luminous and beautiful beings / associated with the gods, particularly Freyr / believed to possess magical powers - capable of both healing and causing illness / known for their ambivalence towards humans (indifferent to human concerns)
  3. 3. child of Odin / kept watch over the Nine Realms of Norse mythology / known for his keen sense of sight and hearing / resided in a castle in the sky that sat on the Bifrost, the magical rainbow bridge that connected Ásgard with Midgard, the world of humans
  4. 5. subregion of northern Europe / geographically ____________ consist of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
  5. 6. goddess of fate, love, beauty, gold, war and fertility / member of the Vanir and ruled over the heavenly meadow of Fólkvangr, where half of all those who died in combat would go, whilst the other half were guided by the Valkyries to Valhalla which was ruled over by Odin / rode a chariot drawn by two cats and was often accompanied by a boar called Hildisvíni / practised Seidr, a form of magic that gifted her with the ability to control and manipulate the desires and prosperity of others - associated with fate and destiny
  6. 7. wife of Odin / queen of the Æsir gods and goddess of the sky / blessed with the power of divination and known for her fiercely protective motherly instincts
  7. 8. great hall in Asgard where Odin received souls of heroes killed in battle
  8. 12. child of Odin / known as messenger of the gods and gifted with speed - often equated to the Greek god Hermes
  9. 13. belonged to the Vanir pantheon of gods, who at one time were mortal enemies of the Æsir / god of the seas and everything associated with it – fishing, wind, coasts, seafaring, as well as wealth / lived with his two children, Freya and Freyr, both born from a relationship he had with his sister, Nerthus / brokered the peace that ended the animosity between the Æsir and the Vanir
  10. 16. skilled craftsmen and blacksmiths who dwelled deep within the earth / exceptional craftsmen responsible for creating many of the most famous items in Norse mythology, including Thor's hammer, Odin's magic ring and spear, Freya's golden necklace, and the rope used to bind Fenrir, among other items
  11. 18. location associated with the gods in Norse mythology
  12. 23. the end of the world / a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which many of the Norse mythological figures would perish / entailed a series of catastrophic series of natural disasters, including the burning of the world - which would culminate in the submersion of the world underwater / after these events, the world would rise again - cleansed and fertile - and the surviving and returning gods would meet / the world would be repopulated by two human survivors - Líf and Lífþrasir - who are analogous to Adam and Eve
  13. 25. daughter of Loki / presided over the Norse underworld, a place where all those Vikings who didn’t die in battle went / half of her body was flesh and blood, the other half was just bones