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Adils; Alaric and Eric; Arngrim; Ask and Embla; Aun; Berserkers; Bödvar Bjarki; Dag the Wise; Domalde; Domar; Dyggve; Egil One-Hand; Fafnir; Fjölnir; Gudrun; Harald ...
In Norse tradition, Gunnar's horse. [14] Mentioned in the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda. [14] Grani: Old Norse: Grani: The name means "the one with the upper lip". [14] In Norse tradition, Sigurd's horse. It is descended from Sleipnir, Odin's horse. [15] Mentioned in the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda. [14] Habrok Old Norse: Hábrók
Animals in Norse mythology (3 C, 2 P) D. Norse dwarves (24 P) E. Elves (4 C, 45 P) G. Germanic dragons (13 P) N. ... Pages in category "Creatures in Norse mythology"
In stanza 34, Odin says that more serpents lie beneath Yggdrasil "than any fool can imagine" and lists them as Góinn and Móinn (possibly meaning Old Norse "land animal" [12]), which he describes as sons of Grafvitnir (Old Norse, possibly "ditch wolf" [13]), Grábakr (Old Norse "Greyback" [12]), Grafvölluðr (Old Norse, possibly "the one ...
The Land of elves in Norse mythology. Asgard: The high placed city of the gods, built by Odin, chief god of the Norse pantheon. Biarmaland: A geographical area around the White Sea in the northern part of (European) Russia, referred to in Norse sagas. Fositesland: The kingdom of Forseti, the god of Justice. Gjöll
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world. Their names are given as Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. An ...
Ask and Embla, the first human beings in Norse mythology, created from trees and whose names may mean "ash" and "elm" Dream of the Rood, an Old English poem describing the crucifixion of Jesus from the point of view of a sentient tree; Hlín, a Norse goddess whose name some scholars have suggested may mean 'maple tree'