Norse Mythology  In the beginning In the beginning  Scott V.- King of godsKing of gods  Ben G.- SculptorSculptor  Alvin Y.- GenealogistGenealogist  Kaiyuen C.- MuseMuse  Paul Z.- MessengerMessenger  In the beginning In the beginning  Scott V.- King of godsKing of gods  Ben G.- SculptorSculptor  Alvin Y.- GenealogistGenealogist  Kaiyuen C.- MuseMuse  Paul Z.- MessengerMessenger

In The Beginning  Gaping pit called Ginungagap.  A frost giant named Ymir and a horless cow.  Ymir fell asleep and created the first jotun  The cow brought the life of a handsom man  Jotun and aesir married she gave birth to the aesir  The aesir went to kill ymir  Two worlds called Midgard and Jotunheim were created  Men were made after BackBack Next TitleNextTitle  Gaping pit called Ginungagap.  A frost giant named Ymir and a horless cow.  Ymir fell asleep and created the first jotun  The cow brought the life of a handsom man  Jotun and aesir married she gave birth to the aesir  The aesir went to kill ymir  Two worlds called Midgard and Jotunheim were created  Men were made after BackBack Next TitleNextTitle

Odin, the king  Was one of the ones that brought down ymir.  Odin was the leader of the norse.  He could see to the end of the world in his chair.  He saw a jotun named mimir who was the smartest jotun.  If you drank from the well that he mimir protected then you would be really smart.  Odin asked mimir for a sip of the well and in return gave him his left eye.  Since he only had one eye he covered it with his hair. BackBack Next StartNextStart  Was one of the ones that brought down ymir.  Odin was the leader of the norse.  He could see to the end of the world in his chair.  He saw a jotun named mimir who was the smartest jotun.  If you drank from the well that he mimir protected then you would be really smart.  Odin asked mimir for a sip of the well and in return gave him his left eye.  Since he only had one eye he covered it with his hair. BackBack Next StartNextStart

Bragi the poet Bragi was a poet He was a mortal person from the ninth century until people decided he must be a god Odin’s chief poet Son of Odin Had runes ground on his tongue BackBack Next StartNextStart Bragi was a poet He was a mortal person from the ninth century until people decided he must be a god Odin’s chief poet Son of Odin Had runes ground on his tongue BackBack Next StartNextStart

Thor, god of thunder  Thor is the son of Odin  He became even more popular then his father and got a day of the week named after him (Thursday)  His weapon is a hammer called mjonir  Destined to die in Ragnarok form the midgard serpant BackBack Next StartNextStart

Balder, god of light  Balder is like a muse, he is son of Odin and Frigg  One Day, Frigg made everything promise they wouldn’t hurt Balder except the mistletoe plant  A trickster god, Loki, found out Balder’s weakness  Loki made a dart out of mistletoe, which was Balder’s weakness  At one time, the gods were throwing things at Balder  Loki tricked a blind god to throw the mistletoe at Balder  It peirced him and he died.  Nanna, his wife died from the shock of his death  Everyone cried for him, except Loki so Balder wasn’t brought back to life BackBack Next StartNextStart  Balder is like a muse, he is son of Odin and Frigg  One Day, Frigg made everything promise they wouldn’t hurt Balder except the mistletoe plant  A trickster god, Loki, found out Balder’s weakness  Loki made a dart out of mistletoe, which was Balder’s weakness  At one time, the gods were throwing things at Balder  Loki tricked a blind god to throw the mistletoe at Balder  It peirced him and he died.  Nanna, his wife died from the shock of his death  Everyone cried for him, except Loki so Balder wasn’t brought back to life BackBack Next StartNextStart

Tyr, god of duty  Fenris was a giant wolf, offspring of Loki and Angerboda.  He grew so large that the gods became afraid of him.  Only Tyr was brave enough to feed and take care of Fenris.  The gods crafted the strongest iron chain called Laeding and attached it to Fenris.  Fenris easily broke it.  The gods then crafted a second chain, Dromi.  He allowed the gods to put the fetter upon him, and he broke it.  The dwarves made a silk bond called Gleipnir.  Fenris let the gods put it on him, if Tyr put his hand in Fenris’ mouth.  Fenris realized he couldn’t get out, and he chomped off Tyr’s hand. BackBack Next StartNextStart  Fenris was a giant wolf, offspring of Loki and Angerboda.  He grew so large that the gods became afraid of him.  Only Tyr was brave enough to feed and take care of Fenris.  The gods crafted the strongest iron chain called Laeding and attached it to Fenris.  Fenris easily broke it.  The gods then crafted a second chain, Dromi.  He allowed the gods to put the fetter upon him, and he broke it.  The dwarves made a silk bond called Gleipnir.  Fenris let the gods put it on him, if Tyr put his hand in Fenris’ mouth.  Fenris realized he couldn’t get out, and he chomped off Tyr’s hand. BackBack Next StartNextStart

Bibliography D’Aulaire, Edgar, D’Aulaire, Ingri, Chabon, Michael. D’aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths New York City:New York Review, Unknown. "Norse Mythology." Lindemans, Micha. "Bragi" ticles.html ticles.html Wiley Publishing, Inc. "Summaries and Commentaries for Norse Mythology: Balder." 83,pageNum-104.html 83,pageNum-104.html D’Aulaire, Edgar, D’Aulaire, Ingri, Chabon, Michael. D’aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths New York City:New York Review, Unknown. "Norse Mythology." Lindemans, Micha. "Bragi" ticles.html ticles.html Wiley Publishing, Inc. "Summaries and Commentaries for Norse Mythology: Balder." 83,pageNum-104.html 83,pageNum-104.html BackBack Next StartNextStart

Family Tree 1 BackBack Next StartNextStart BackBack Next StartNextStart

Family Tree 2 BackBack Next StartNextStart BackBack Next StartNextStart

How Odin Lost his Eye We put our movie on Youtube. You can view it by clicking here.here