Norse Mythology v4

Odin is the patron god of:

rulers outlaws poets elite warriors sorcerers

son of god Borr and giantess Bestla; husband of goddess Frigga and later giantess Skadi; father of many

"Odin (""lord of frenzy"")"

Thor's hammer

"Mjolnir (""lightning"")"

Thor's belt

"Megingjord (""power-belt"")"

defender of the gods, Asgard, Midgard, and the cosmic order against the giants

Thor

wife of god Odin; mother of gods Baldur and Hodur; daughter of Fjorgynn

"Frigga (""beloved"")"

patron god of loyal, honorable warriors

Thor

son of god Odin and either the goddess Jord/Fjorgyn/Hlodyn or Frigga; husband of goddess Sif; ex-husband of giantess Iarnsaxa; father of gods Modi, Magni, and goddess Thrud

Thor

wife of god Thor; mother of god Ullr and goddess Thrud

"Sif (""in-law-relationship"")"

husband of goddess Freyja; father of twin goddesses Hnoss and Gersemi

"Odr (""soul"")"

goddesses who possessed falcon plumes used for shape-shifting

Freyja and Frigga

god whose chariot is drawn by boars

"Freyr (""lord"")"

wife of god Freyr; daughter of giant Gymer and Aurboda; mother of the Yngling dynasty; sister of giant Beli

"Gerda (""fenced-in"")"

son of giant Farbauti and Laufey/Nal, either a goddess or giantess; father of Fenrir, Jormungandr, and Hela; mother of Sleipnir, husband of goddess Sigyn

Loki

wife of Loki

"Sigyn (""friend of victory"")"

sons of gods Loki and Sigyn, one is transformed into a wolf and kills the other, and his entrails are used to bind their father

Narfi (not the giant) and Vali (not the son of Odin)

mother of Fenrir, Jormungandr, and Hela

"Angurboda (""one who brings grief"")"

wolf child of Loki and Angurboda

"Fenrir (""fen-dweller"")"

daughter of god Loki and giantess Angurboda

Hela

goddess or giantess who presided over Helheim

Hela

the Midgard Serpent

"Jormungandr (""vast snake"")"

Jormungandr is also known as:

the Midgard Serpent

serpent child of Loki and Angurboda

"Jormungandr (""vast snake"")"

arch-nemesis of Thor

"Jormungandr (""vast snake"")"

Jormungandr is this god's arch-nemesis:

Thor

serpent that encircles Midgard and Jotenheim

"Jormungandr (""vast snake"")"

horse child of Loki and the giant stallion Svadilfari

Sleipnir

Odin's 8-legged horse

"Sleipnir (""slippy"")"

son of gods Odin and Frigga; husband of goddess Nanna; brother of Hodur; father of the god Forseti

"Baldur (""bold"")"

fairest of all the gods, in appearance and in character

"Baldur (""bold"")"

sentry who kept watch over Asgard

"Heimdall (""one who illuminates the world"")"

god who sat atop the Bifrost in Himinbjorg

"Heimdall (""one who illuminates the world"")"

location where Heimdall keeps watch over Asgard

atop the Bifrost in Himinbjorg

Heimdall's home atop the Bifrost

"Himinbjorg (""heaven's castle"")"

son of god Odin and nine sisters

"Heimdall (""one who illuminates the world"")"

Heimdall's horn

"Gjallarhorn (""hollering horn"")"

son of god Njord and his sister-wife; husband of giantess Gerda; twin brother of god Freyja; father of the Yngling dynasty

"Freyr (""lord"")"

patron god of fishermen, sailors, and other seafarers

"Njord (""force"")"

father of gods Freyr and Freyja, ex-husband of Skadi, husband of his sister-wife

"Njord (""force"")"

daughter of giant Thiassi; ex-wife of god Njord; wife of god Odin

"Skadi (""shadow"")"

goddess who owned a fruit that conferred longevity of life upon those who ate it

"Idun (""ever young"")"

giantess who is counted among the goddesses, by marriage

"Skadi (""shadow"")"

giantess who is the patron of winter hunting and travel

"Skadi (""shadow"")"

choose who dies in battle and goes to Valhalla

"valkyries (""choosers of the slain"")"

serve food and drink to those in Valhalla

"valkyries (""choosers of the slain"")"

beings who sought to disrupt the order of the cosmos

giants

master miners, blacksmiths, and craftspeople

dwarves

people who live underground, often in caves beneath mountains

dwarves

people who only come out at night

dwarves

people well-versed in cosmological and magical lore

dwarves

people noted for their physical strength

dwarves

turns dwarves into stone

sunlight

the three Norns that weave the threads of fate and tend to Yggdrasil

"Urd (""fate"") Verdandi (""happening"") Skuld (""debt"")"

goats who draw Thor's chariot

"Tanngrisnir and Tanngnost (""teeth barer"" and ""teeth-grinder"")"

Freyja's boar

Hildisvini

Freyr's boar

"Gullinborsti (""golden bristles"")"

Freyr's ship

"Skidbladnir (""assembled from thin pieces of wood"")"

ship so big it could carry all the gods and their weapons, and could be folded up and stuffed into a small bag and always had a favorable wind

"Skidbladnir (""assembled from thin pieces of wood"")"

Freyja's necklace

"Brisingamen (""gleaming torc"")"

the most beautiful of all pieces of jewelry

"Brisingamen (""gleaming torc"")"

Odin's spear

"Gungnir (""the rocking"")"

Odin's arm ring

"Draupnir (""the dripper"")"

arm ring from which 8 new rings drop every 9th night

"Draupnir (""the dripper"")"

most prestigious place in afterlife

"Valhalla (""hall of the slain"")"

ruler of Valhalla

"Odin (""lord of frenzy"")"

gold-bright hall, with roof made of shields, rafters made of spears, and benches made of breastplates

"Valhalla (""hall of the slain"")"

tree at the center of the cosmos

"Yggdrasil (""Odin's horse"")"

animal nested at the crown of Yggdrasil

an unnamed eagle

dragon who gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil

"Nidhogg (""malice biter"")"

squirrel who carries insults along Yggdrasil between the eagle and Nidhogg

"Ratatoskr (""drill-tooth"")"

3 water bodies at the roots of Yggdrasil

Urdarbrunn Mimisbrunnr Hvergelmir

world located around Yggdrasil's trunk

"Asgard (""enclosure of the Aesir"")"

rainbow that serves as an entryway into Asgard

"Bifrost (""shimmering path"")"

homeworld of the frost giants

"Jotunheim (""home of the giants"")"

desolate, icy, remote world far from Yggdrasil's trunk

"Jotunheim (""home of the giants"")"

material world where humans live

"Midgard (""middle enclosure"")"

middle point between Asgard and Jotunheim

"Midgard (""middle enclosure"")"

homeworld of the dwarves and/or black elves

"Svartalfheim (""home of the black elves"")"

world of those who died of sickness and old age

Helheim

world of elemental fire

Muspelheim

world of mist, elemental ice, and dead souls

"Niflheim (""world of mist"")"

final battle between the gods and giants that will destroy the world and all beings in it

"Ragnarok (""final destiny of the gods"")"

Thor's home in Asgard, two possible names

"Thrudheim (""home of strength) or Thrudvangr (""power-field"")"

hall of Thor in his home Thrudheim/Thrudvangr

"Bilskirnir (""lightning-crack"")"

home of Freyja

"Folkvangr (""field of the host"")"

name of Freyja's hall but also possibly a ship

"Sessrumnir (""seat-room"")"

home of Frigga

"Fensalir (""fen halls"")"

world in which Freyr resides in

"Alfheim (""home of the elves"")"

home of Baldur

"Breidablik (""broad sheen"")"

home of Njord

"Noatun (""ship-enclosure"")"

Odin's throne in Asgard

"Hlidskjalf (""high seat with an expansive view"")"

first man

"Ask (""ash tree"")"

first woman

"Embla (""vine"")"

Odin, Vili, and Ve created:

"Ask and Embla (""ash tree"" and ""vine"")"

leader of the Vanir

"Njord (""force"")"

god who was so kind and beautiful that he radiated light

"Baldur (""bold"")"

giant whose body was used to create the material world

Ymir

Ymir was created from

fire and ice meeting in Ginnungagap

sons of god Borr and giantess Bestla

"Odin (""lord of frenzy"") Vili (""will"") Ve (""holy"")"

Ymir's blood was used to make:

the seas