norse myth

odin

He is a god of war, death, wisdom, poetry, and knowledge, and rides the eight-legged horse Sleipnir.

frigg

The wife of Odin, and mother by him of Balder, Hoder, Hermod, and Tyr. She is the goddess of the sky, marriage, and motherhood, and often works at her loom spinning clouds.

tyr

God of war and justice

thor

god of thunder

frey

The son of Njord, and twin brother of Freya. He is one of the Vanir, a second group of Norse gods, but lives with the Aesir as a hostage. The god of fertility, horses, sun, and rain, his possessions include the magic ship Skidbladnir. He travels in a chariot drawn by the golden boar Gullinbursti, and had to give away his magic sword to win the hand of the giantess Gerda.

njord

sea god, father of twins Frey and Freyja

elivagar

- The eleven rivers that flow from the spring of Hvergelmir in Niflheim.

hvergelmir

Spring in Niflheim under the root of Yggdrasill that feeds world's rivers

ymir

A primordial giant who formed in the void of Ginnungagap from fire and ice. He gave birth to the frost giants and created the primordial cow Audhumla. He was killed by Odin and his brothers, who used his body to construct most of the universe.

vili

Odin's brother, brother to ve and a son of Bor and Bestla.

bor

father of Odin, Vili, and Ve

son of Buri

Husband to Bestla

buri

Ancestor of the Norse gods. Created by the cow Audmula licking him from ice.

ve

odin's brother, brother to vili and a son of bor and bestla

bestla

Wife of Buri

Mother of Odin, Vili, and Ve

norn

the gods of fate

urd

the goddess of fate representing the past

verdandi

goddess of fate representing present

skuld

goddess of fate representing future

ginnungagap

The Cosmic Void which separates Niflheim and Muspellheim.

muspellheim

land of fire

niflheim

land of fog and ice

bragi

God of Poetry and Eloquence. Son of Odin.

idun

Wife of bragi, keeps golden apples of eternal youth

loki

He's actually giant-kin, but lives with the Aesir and is Odin's blood-brother. The god of fire and trickery, his many pranks include duping Hoder into killing Balder. His children include the wolf Fenrir, the Midgard Serpent Jormungandr, Hel (the ruler of the underworld), and Sleipnir. After killing Balder he was chained to three boulders with snakes dripping poison onto him.

hoder

Blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe

Audumbla

a goat born in ginnungagap from the drops of water from elivagar.

sudri

south

vestri

west

nordri

north

austri

east

breath

the gift of odin when creating humans

emotions

gift of vili when creating human

sight and hearing

gift of ve when creating humans

yggdrasil

world tree

rooster

creature that lives on top of yggdrasil

eagle

creature that lives on the branches of yggdrasil

hawk

creature that lives between the eagles in yggdrasil

deer

creature that eats the leaves of yggdrasil

ratatosk

*Squirrel who runs up and down Yggdrasil to carry messages between the Eagle at the top and Nidhogg at the bottom

*Loves to spread gossip and stir up trouble

nidhogg

dragon that lives at the bottom of the world tree and chews on its roots

first root of yggdrasil

reaches the spring of urd

second root of yggdrasil

reaches the spring of mimir

third root of yggdrasil

reaches the spring of hvergelmir

asgard

Home of the Aesir

vanaheim

home of the vanir

midgard

a land of sunlight with plenty of food

alfheim

land of the light elves

jotunheim

land of the giants

Nidavelir

land of dwarves

svartalfheim

Land of the Dark Elves

helheim

The realm of the dead in Niflheim, ruled over by the monster Hel. Means "hide"

hel

Goddess of the Underworld

draupnir

A golden ring that spawns eight more golden rings every ninth night that is owned by Odin.

skirnir

Freyr's messenger and vassal who is given Freyr's magic sword for helping Freyr win Gerda. He is brave and adventurous.

gerdr

(Norse) Wife of Frey who win her hand by giving away his magic sword. Is commonly theorized to be a goddess associated with the earth; has inspired works of art and literature.

gimir

father of gerdr

Valaskjalf

Odin's hall in Asgard

Hlidskjalf

Odin's throne

Vafthrudnir

Giant who was killed after being tricked into a knowledge contest with Odin.

skinfaxi

Horse of day

hrimfaxi

Horse of night

nott

Goddess of night, daughter of narfi

narfi

son of Loki and Sigyn, father of nott

delling

God of dawn and father of Dag by Nótt.

dag

god of day, son of nott

Mundilfari

father of Sól, the goddess of the Sun, and Máni, the god of the Moon.

sol

goddess of the sun

mani

god of the moon

bil and hjuki

children on the moon with 양둥이 on their back

stars

trapped fire from muspelheim the gods use to keep track of years and days

skoll

Wolf that pursues the sun and will swallow it before Ragnarok

hati

Wolf that chases the moon and will swallow it before ragnarok

ivaldi

One of the dark elves. The sons of Ivaldi crafted Skidbladnir, Frey's remarkable ship, Gungnir, Odin's spear, and new, beautiful golden hair for Sif, Thor's wife.

skidbladnir

The ship of Frey. Made at the request of Loki, but given to Frey as part of Loki's reparation for the theft of Sif's golden hair. Transported the dead to the afterlife.

sif

Wife of Thor whose golden hair was cut off by Loki.

sindri

Brocks brother. the best workman of the underworld

brok

Brother of Sindri, bet Lokis head

gullinbursti

a living boar with golden hair that could run better than any horse in water or air, created by the Dwarves Brokkr and Sindri

Gullveig

a woman who spread strife by giving gold. starts first war between Aesir and Vanir

kvasir

The wisest of all beings created after the Vanir and Aesir wars when the gods spat into a cauldron to make up for this misunderstanding after the Vanir beheaded Hoenir.

hoenir

one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind

mimir

Wise Aesir god. Sent to the Vanir to seal the truce between the two groups of the Norse gods. Killed by the Vanir, his head is kept by Odin.

Fjalar and Galar

killed kvasir and turned his blood into mead

Gilling

Father of Suttung. Gilling and, later, his wife are murdered by the dwarfs Fjalar and Galar

Suttung

Son of Gilling and owner of the mead of poetry.

Gunnlod

Daughter of Suttung and guardian of the mead of poetry. Odin seduced her to steal the mead.

baugi

A giant, the brother of Suttung. Odin killed his nine slaves in order to obtain the mead of poetry.

bolverk

The alias Odin adopted when disguised as a giant to win the mead of poetry.

heimdall

The son of nine sisters, he is the god of light and guardians. He guards Bifrost, the rainbow bridge into Asgard. His senses are so sharp, he can see 100 miles by night or day and hear grass growing. He will call the Aesir into battle at Ragnarok with his horn Gjall (or Gjallerhorn).

Ai and Edda

birthed the son thrall who married thir. created the slave class

Affe and Amma

birthed the son karl who married schnur

fathir and mothir

birthed the son jarl, who married erna

svadilfari

the mare Loki mates with to have Sleipnir, was building walls of Asgard but seduced away by Loki

sleipnir

"The 8 legged horse who came from Loki as a gift to Odin

Gylfi

Swedish king. Disguises himself as Gangleri which means "strider"

gefjon

The goddess of plowing and virgins, tricked the swedish king gylfi to giving her land the size of an island.