Norse Flashcards

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Hel

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The goddess of Helheim, goddess of the death/underworld

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Half void half beautiful

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Hel

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Loki’s children

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Hel, Fenrir, Jormungand, Sleipnir

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Midgard

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Home of men, middle earth

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Nidhogg

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Snake that chews of the roots of the world tree

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Jotunheim

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Home of the giants/Jotuns

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Idun

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Keeper of golden magic apples
keep the gods young

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Norns

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Weave fate

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Urd

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Past

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Verdandi

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present

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Skuld

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future

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Loki

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God of wickedness

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Jotun son and god

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Loki

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Loki’s wife, who did he cheat on her with?

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Signy, Angrboda

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Vanaheim

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Home of Vanir Gods

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Skymir

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Giant that they slept in his glove

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Sleipnir

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8 legged horse

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Surt, fights who

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fire giant, Freyr

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Jormungand, sign of chaos?

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Snake that wraps around the Midgard sea, eats its own tail

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Ymir

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first giant, everything was made from his body

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Ratatask

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Squirrel that runs up and down the world tree

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Vafnir

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egal that looks for Naglfar

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18
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Draupnir

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Odin’s rings

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Freya’s necklace of?

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Brisings

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World tree?
Yggdrasil
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Gungnir
Odin's spear, Never misses, everything behind it til Odin drops dead
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Ragnarok
day of doom when the world and everything ends, evil wins
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Vigrid Field
final battle sight
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Audhum
cow
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Frigga
odin's wife, wise
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ljusalfheim
home of the light elves
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bifrost
rainbow bridge
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heimdall, fights who?
white god guardian of the bifrost, loki
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Gallihorn
horn
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odin
head god, sky father, one eyed god for wisdom magic and poetry
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Freya
Goddess of love and beauty
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Freyr
Sailing, vegetation, fertility
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Vanir gods
njord, freyr, freya
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giants
jotuns
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heim
home
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wyrd
fate
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who kills fenrir
vider
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Glepnir
chain that bound fenrir
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Thialfi
fast runner, thor's servant
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Rasfa
thor's servant, thialfi's sister
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Who built the wall of asgard
the builder
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Mjollnir
Thors hammer
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megingjord
thors belt, adds strength
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Mimir
Guards the fountain of wisdom
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Kvasir
Wisest man
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Mead of poetry, skaldic mead
kvasir's blood
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Balder
most beloved god
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who killed balder
Hoder
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svartelheim
home of the dark elves
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Redhead, strong, thunder and storm protector of peasants
Thor
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Strong hold of the giants
Utgard
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Contest- Thor's Journey to...
Thor vs old age Thor lift Jormungand Thor drink ocean Loki eat vs fire Thialfi vs thought
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Lost all her hair, wife to
Sif, thor
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Gotterdammerung
twilight of the gods
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Valhalla
hall of the slain spirits- preparing for Ragnorok
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Einherjer
Slain spirits
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Valkyries
woman, died in battle field, childbirth, dies with husband on the pyr, work for odin, can choose men, flying wolves
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Muspelheim
Home of fire
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God of war
Try
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Garm, fight who
wolf that guards helheim, tyr
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Naglfar
finger and toe nail clipping ship, giants arrive to final battle
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Took thors hammer
thrym
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Leif and Leifthrisner
adam and eve, hid in a tree
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Munin
Memory
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Hunin
Thought
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Ginnungagap
Chasam- started everything
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bori
odins father
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Niflheim
home of ice and cold
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meadhall
center of a village, entertainment place can hold everyone
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epic poem
long narrative poem,
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kenning
phrase synonym for a word, poetic phrase
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thane
loyal to the king
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Comitatus
loyal to king, king gives gifts as thanks
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Pagan
anything non christian
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mead
fermented honey and yeast
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scop
entertainer
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odins palace
gladsheim