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2. Norse mythology - Wikipedia

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   Most of the surviving mythology centers on the plights of the gods and their interaction with several other beings, such as humanity and the jötnar, beings who may be friends, lovers, foes, or family members of the gods. The cosmos in Norse mythology consists of Nine Worlds that flank a central sacred tree, Yggdrasil. Units of time and ...

3. Sága and Sökkvabekkr - Wikipedia

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   Simek adds that "these goddesses were all responsible for specific areas of the private sphere, and yet clear differences were made between them so that they are in many ways similar to matrons." [3] 19th century scholar Jacob Grimm comments that "the gods share their power and influence with goddesses, the heroes and priests with wise women."

4. Ask and Embla - Wikipedia

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   Hilda Ellis Davidson comments that these figures may represent a "Lord and Lady" of the Vanir, a group of Norse gods, and that "another memory of [these wooden deities] may survive in the tradition of the creation of Ask and Embla, the man and woman who founded the human race, created by the gods from trees on the seashore". [12]

5. Frigg - Wikipedia

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   Frigg (/ f r ɪ ɡ /; Old Norse: ) [1] is a goddess, one of the Æsir, in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, the source of most surviving information about her, she is associated with marriage, prophecy, clairvoyance and motherhood, and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir.

6. Freyja - Wikipedia

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   In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen , rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers .

7. Hel (mythological being) - Wikipedia

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   The Old Norse name Hel is identical to the name of the location over which she rules. It stems from the Proto-Germanic feminine noun *haljō-'concealed place, the underworld' (compare with Gothic halja, Old English hel or hell, Old Frisian helle, Old Saxon hellia, Old High German hella), itself a derivative of *helan-'to cover > conceal, hide' (compare with OE helan, OF hela, OS helan, OHG helan).

8. 205 Powerful Viking Names and Their Meanings - AOL

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   Others have their roots in the rich tapestry of Norse stories and mythology. Maybe you have some ancestors you’d like to honor—one of these unique names would be a great choice.

9. Gerðr - Wikipedia

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   In Norse mythology, Gerðr (Old Norse: [ˈɡerðz̠]; "fenced-in" [1]) is a jötunn, goddess, and the wife of the god Freyr. Gerðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson; and in the poetry of skalds.