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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 ...
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.
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 ...
According to linguists, reindeer actually came from the Old Norse word, hreindyri. This breaks down to two roots: hreinn, which means reindeer, and dyri, which means animal. Modern Variations of ...
In Prayer and Laughter. Essays on Medieval Scandinavian and Germanic Mythology, Literature, and Culture. Paleograph Press. ISBN 9785895260272. Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2; Thorpe, Benjamin (tr.) (1866). Edda Sæmundar Hinns Froða : The Edda Of Sæmund The Learned. (2 vols.) London ...
The reindeer or caribou [a] ... The word reindeer is an anglicized version of the Old Norse words hreinn ("reindeer") and dýr ... Mythology and art.
Two years later, the mythology of the reindeer would be expanded. The poem “The Night Before Christmas” was written by Professor Clement Clarke Moore. First published in 1823, the story was ...
Reindeer, or caribou, are members of the deer family Cervidae. Deer, elk, moose, and wapiti are also members of this family. The distinction between reindeer and caribou depends on where they live.