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The North Germanic record frequently mentions the numbers three, nine, and multiples of three. A few examples of these many occurrences in Norse mythology include: Odin's self-sacrifice where he hangs for nine nights on a "windy tree" [2] The "nine worlds" (Níu Heimar) associated with Yggdrasil (Vafþrúðnismál) [2]
Nine is a number that appears often in Indian culture and mythology. [12] For example, there are nine influencers attested to in Indian astrology . In the Vaisheshika branch of Hindu philosophy , there are nine universal substances or elements: Earth , Water , Air , Fire , Ether , Time , Space , Soul , and Mind . [ 13 ]
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.
The north portal of the 12th-century Urnes stave church has been interpreted as containing depictions of snakes and dragons that represent Ragnarök. [1]In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (also Ragnarok; / ˈ r æ ɡ n ə r ɒ k / ⓘ RAG-nə-rok or / ˈ r ɑː ɡ-/ RAHG-; [2] [3] [4] Old Norse: Ragnarǫk [ˈrɑɣnɑˌrɒk]) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in ...
The Elder Futhark, used for writing Proto-Norse, consists of 24 runes that often are arranged in three groups of eight; each group is referred to as an ætt (Old Norse, meaning 'clan, group'). The earliest known sequential listing of the full set of 24 runes dates to approximately AD 400 and is found on the Kylver Stone in Gotland, Sweden.
Draupnir multiplying itself The third gift — an enormous hammer (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith.The ring Draupnir is visible among other creations by the Sons of Ivaldi.. In Norse mythology, Draupnir (Old Norse: [ˈdrɔupnez̠], "the dripper" [1]) is a gold ring possessed by the god Odin with the ability to multiply itself: Every ninth night, eight new rings 'drip' from Draupnir, each one of the ...
In Norse mythology, the Nine Mothers of Heimdallr are nine sisters who gave birth to the god Heimdallr. The Nine Mothers of Heimdallr are attested in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; in the poetry of skalds; and possibly also in a poem in the Poetic Edda, a book of poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier ...
Odin, in his guise as a wanderer, as imagined by Georg von Rosen (1886). Odin (/ ˈ oʊ d ɪ n /; [1] from Old Norse: Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism. Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about him, associates him with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and ...