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Yggdrasil
Humans live in the middle (Midgard) 9 levels
Tree that all life lives on – “The World Tree”
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Asgard
* Home of the **Aesir** (gods)
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Valhalla
* Great Hall for **dead warriors** * Within **Asgard** * **Life goal** of a Viking is to die in battle and go to Valhalla
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Ragnarok
* **End of the world** cycle * Great battle between the forces of **good and evil** * world is restarted by **two humans**
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Odin
* **King** of the gods * Has two pet **ravens** and two pet **wolves;** Has an **eight legged** horse * **Father** of Thor and Baldur * Has a **spear** that never misses as a weapon
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Thor
Rides in a chariot pulled by two immortal **goats**
Battles the **Midgard serpent**
God of **thunder and rain**
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Freyja
Queen of the Valkyries
Has a **cloak of falcon**
A member of the **Vanir**
Goddess of love, beauty, and war
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Freyr
god of **fertility**
king of the **elves**
has a pet **golden boar**
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Tyr
god of **war**
sacrificed his **right hand** and take care of Fenrir the wolf
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Loki
Trickster god
shape shifter
part giant
Father of Fernrir, and Jormurgandr
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Skadi
**Giant** that **marries** into the family of gods
* goddess of **winter**, the hunt, skiing, justice and vengeance * Married to the **sea god**, but wants **Baldur**
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Frigg
* Odin’s **wife** * **Mother** to all
Protector of **children**
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Hel
* Goddess of the **underworld**– those that do not die in battle
Half **dead** and half **alive**
Child of Loki
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Baldr
God of **love and light**
* **Mother** tries to make sure that nothing could harm him (like Achilles), except for **mistletoe** * Is left after **Ragnarock** from the land of **the dead** * Most beautiful of all the gods
* Has **9** mothers * Can see the future * “**Whitest** of the Norse Gods” * Protects the **Bifrost bridge** and sounds his magical horn when intruders are near
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Valkyries
* Shield **maidens** * Chooses from the **slain** in battle to take to **Valhalla** * Ride **horses** down from the sky
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Fenrir
* Terrible **monster** in the shape of a **giant wolf** * Son of **Loki** * Chained by the **gods** out of **fear**
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Jormungandr
* The Midgard **Serpent** * Father is **Loki** * So big that it **circles the earth** and can bite its own tail * Enemy is Thor
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Draugr
* **Undead** warriors * Glowing **blue eyes** * Super **strength**
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Norns
* Three **women** – sometimes a child, a mother, and a crone * Spin the **threads of fate** * Rule the **destinies** of gods and men
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Hugin and Munin & Geri and Freki
* **Two** ravens and **two** wolves * Tell **Odin**_ everything that happens on the earth * Eat the **food** from Odin’s table as Odin never **eat**
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Sleipnir
* Eight legged **horse** * Son of **Loki** and a **magical horse** * **Fastest** horse in the world
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Dwarves
* Live **underground** * Creators of **great weapons** and objects for the gods * Not **tiny** – almost as tall as men with their proportions different
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Elves
* **Nature** spirits * Always **youthful** and beautiful in appearance * Can be **good or evil**
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Giants
* Can be anywhere from **man** size to **mountain** size * Can be **beautiful or monsters** * Sometimes enemy of the gods, sometimes **besties** * \
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Trolls
* **Large** in size * Live **underground** * Will turn to **stone** in **sunlight**
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Lindworm
* **Sea** serpent * Wingless * Poisonous **bite** * To see one and escape is **good luck**