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In Nordic mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr; "enclosure of the Æsir") is a location associated with the gods. It appears in several Old Norse sagas and mythological texts , including the Eddas , however it has also been suggested to be referred to indirectly in some of these sources.
A Sumerian term meaning "river", "watercourse" or "netherworld". Irkalla: The underworld from which there is no return in Babylonian mythology. Kalunga line: A watery boundary between the world of the living and the dead in religious traditions of the Congo region. Karshvar: Legendary continents according to Avesta. Kingdom of Opona
Asgard (comics), a realm in the fictional Marvel Comics universe, based on the Norse mythology; Asgard (Conan) or Aesgaard, a kingdom in Conan the Barbarian universe; Asgard, the starship that is the setting of most of Robert Heinlein's novel Starman Jones; Asgard (Stargate), a race in the Stargate universe; Asgard, or Ysgard, in the Dungeons ...
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.
Asgardian may refer to: . Asgard, a location associated with the gods in Norse cosmology; Asgard (Archaea), a proposed superphylum of the Archaea domain of organisms Asgard (comics), the fictional realm in Marvel Comics
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Asgardia is taken from the name of one of the Nine Worlds in the Norse religion: Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr, lit. 'Enclosure of the Æsir' [11]).Home to the Æsir tribe of gods, Asgard is derived from Old Norse áss, god and garðr, enclosure; from Indo-European roots ansu-spirit, demon (see cognate ahura; also asura) and gher-grasp, enclose (see cognates garden and yard), essentially ...