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ANGLO- SAXON NORSE MYTHOLOGY
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YGGDRASIL
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NIFFLEHEIM Ice
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Muspelheim Fire
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GINUNGAGAP Gaping pit of void where fire and ice meet
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Ymir Ymir was formed at the beginning of creation in a place called Niffleheim
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JOTEN Hornless ice cow
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HODER Blind god
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9 worlds
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ASGARD Viking Heaven Upper earth
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VALHALLA Mead hall in heaven
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SKALDIC MEAD Served in Valhalla
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JOTENHEIM Land of the Frost Giants
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VALKERIES Warrior maidens Choosers of the Dead
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WELL OF WISDOM Odin paid the lady of the well an eyeball for his wisdom
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RAGNAROC Final Battle End of the world
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ODIN Head of all the gods
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SLEIPNER Odin’s horse
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ODIN
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THOR Carries a hammer God of thunder
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TYR God of War
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BRAGI God of Poetry and Eloquence
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BALDER Very Beautiful God Mother Nature’s son
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LOKI Half frost giant/ half norse god God of mischief
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FENRIS Loki’s child Giant wolf
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HELA Loki’s child Goddess of the dead
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Mistletoe Hod wanted to play
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MIDGARD Middle earth Norse name for earth
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MIDGARD SERPENT Loki’s child Snake encircling bottom of tree that holds up universe
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FRIGGA Odin’s wife Friday
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SIGFRIED, SIGURD, SIGMUND, BRUNHILDA Mortal heroes of Norse Mythology
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SAGA Genealogical poem (Family Tree) 400 Generations from memory
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ELDER EDDA Book/Source of all Norse myths
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RUNES Magic writing
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CELTS Original inhabitants of England
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ANGLES, SAXONS, JUTES Three tribes which invaded England
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HAROLD English leader Lost battle against William Arrow in the eye
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WILLIAM French leader invaded England Defeated Harold in The Battle of Hastings Ended Anglo-Saxon Period in 1066
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WYRD A belief in fate
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SCOP, SKALD Professional poet storyteller who lives in every tribe
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ALFRED THE GREAT Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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VENERABLE BEDE Writer of the History of the English Church and people Only people who could read and write
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KENNING Whale-road, ring-bearer, shepard of evil
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