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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( March 2016 ) Norse mythology includes a diverse array of people, places, creatures, and other mythical elements.
Characters depicted in Norse mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. C. Creatures in Norse mythology (7 C ...
The extant sources for Norse mythology, particularly the Prose and Poetic Eddas, contain many names of jötnar and gýgjar (often glossed as giants and giantesses respectively).
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, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freyja 's afterlife field Fólkvangr ), the valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain ...
Anglo-Saxon mythology; Continental Germanic mythology; English mythology; Frankish mythology; Norse mythology; Swiss folklore; Scottish mythology; Welsh mythology; Irish mythology. Northern/modern Druidic/Druidism/Druidry
List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, A; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, B–C; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, D–E; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, F–G; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, H–He; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, Hi–Hy; List of figures in Germanic heroic legend, I–O
List Name (Old Norse) Name (anglicized) Meaning Sources Aldafaðr or Aldafǫðr 'Father of mankind' [1] Óðins nǫfn (1), Vafþrúðnismál (4, 53) Aldagautr 'Man-Gautr' [1] Baldrs draumar (2) Alfǫðr Alfodr 'All-father' [2] Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál, Grímnismál (48), Óðins nǫfn (2) Algingautr The aged Gautr: The Icelandic rune poem ...