The first living being was Ymir, a hermaphroditic giant who was created from those life-giving drops of water and whose death was brought about by Odin and his brothers. Odin, Vili, and Vé, Ymir’s descendants, fashioned the Nordic mythological universe from his blood, bones, flesh, teeth,...
Below is a list of the names of the individual Norse runes and what those names mean in Old Norse. Also given are the sound associated with each rune, and the general significance of the rune. These insights have all been garnered from rune poems documented from Iceland and Norway that pr...
etc”. However, originally it wasn’t just used for firearms. The word possibly comes from the name of a ballista, a type of giant crossbow (see above), that was used at Windsor Castle in England in the 14th century – Domina Gunilda (Lady Gunilda). ...
Another, passing between the Caspian and the Black Sea, filled the steppes round the Crimea, and; passing on over the Balkan and the Carpathians towards the west, became that great Teutonic nationality which, under various names, but all closely akin, filled, when we first hear of them in...
(one of possible authors of the Prose Edda) gave a very different picture of Balder: he was a vicious god who fought with Hod to marry Nanna. Balder's name rarely occurs in place names, therefore, it is thought that not many people worshipped him. The poets used his name to mean ...
As previously stated, Freya’s husband is named Odr (Old Norse: Óðr), a name that looks very similar to Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn), and their names literally mean the same when spelled Óðinn (furor, frenzy, inspiration). ...
Loki – as if it is possible to have a good story without him – is captured by a giant with a Chinese-sounding name,Thiazi. So as to earn his freedom, Loki promises Thiazi that he will steal Aesir’s apples of immortality and that he will bring them to Thiazi. ...
He mentions the poem Lokasenna, “The Flyting of Loki,” which is filled with references that have not been fully explained. There were also a wide variety of stories, from the clownish story of Thor dressing up as a giant’s bride, to the tragedy of Baldur’s death. ...
And that’s all we know about him. I found someone saying that there might be a lost story of him sailing across the ocean on a shield? Modi, Thrud, Magni Aesir? Their names apparently mean “Angry,”“Strength,” and “Strong,” so I drew them as bodybuilders. Gerdr Jötunn?