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Heroes in Norse myths and legends. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. B. Brunhild (11 P) R. Ragnar Lodbrok (1 C, 6 ...
Logi (Old Norse: , 'fire, flame') or Hálogi ([ˈhɑːˌloɣe], 'High Flame') is a jötunn and the personification of fire in Norse mythology. He is a son of the jötunn Fornjótr and the brother of Ægir or Hlér ('sea') and Kári ('wind'). Logi married fire giantess Glöð and she gave birth to their two beautiful daughters—Eisa and Eimyrja.
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).
10. Sirens. Origin: Greek Sirens are another mythological species that have found a home in modern times. There are movies and TV shows about the seductresses with beautiful and enchanted singing ...
76. Loki — "Lock” or possibly “flame.” Loki is the trickster god of Norse mythology. 77. Magnar — "Strong" or "mighty warrior." 78. Magni — "Strong.” Also the name of Thor’s son in ...
Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1 (Translation of Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie 1984) Snorri Sturluson (1879) ed. Rasmus B. Anderson. The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology Digital reissue Digireads.com (2009) ISBN 1-4209-3460-0; Snorri Sturluson (1960) translated and ed. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur. The Prose Edda.
Thor's Fight with the Giants (Tors strid med jättarna) by Mårten Eskil Winge (1872).. Thor (from Old Norse: Þórr) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism.In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and fertility.
Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star; Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess; Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things; Sól, goddess and personification of the sun; Teiwaz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky; Thor, god of lightning, thunder, weather, storms, and the sky