Germanic Myths/ Legends/ Folklores
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Worlds Tree,
Yggdrasil
Alois ( Evan Walsh )
The Basics
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Germanic Myths/Legends/Folklore actually covers a
wide range of things
When someone talks about Germanic Lore they are
referencing Norse Myth
Germanic Legend effects us in our modern day
Ancient Germanic Symbolism can still be seen to this
day
Germanic Countries
Germanic Myth Applies To These
Countries
Germany Denmark Iceland Faroese Islands England
Sweden Norway Finland Netherlands
and Some parts of other European Countries
Northern Europe ( To Give A Better Idea
Of Where The Faroe Islands Are)
A List Of Gods A-Z
AESIR Principal race of gods in Norse mythology.
ANDHRIMNIR
The cook of the Aesir.
ANGRBODA Goddess and wife of Loki
ASTRILD
Goddess of love.
ATLA
Water goddess.
AUDHUMLA The primeval cow, formed from the melting ice.
BALDER
Fairest of the gods
BEYLA The servant of Freyr.
BORGHILD Goddess of the evening mist or moon, she slays the sun each
evening.
BRAGI God of poets and the patron of all skaldi (poets) in Norse culture.
BRONO The son of Balder. He is the god of daylight.
BYLGIA Water goddess.
DAGUR The personification of day, he drives the day chariot across the sky.
DISEN A group of goddess in old Norse mythology. Called the "Dis of the Vanir".
EIR Goddess of healing and shamanic healers, companion of the goddess Frigg
ELLI
Goddess of old age.
FENRIR Also known as Fenris. The great wolf, child of Loki and Angrboda
FORSETI
God of justice who settles court disputes in his gilded hall.
FREYA Goddess of love, beauty and sensuality.
FREYR God of fertility, sun and rain.
FRIGG Wife of Odin and the goddess of marriage and fertility.
GEFION Goddess of agriculture and the plough.
GERD The wife of Freyr and a goddess of fertility. She is the personification of the
fertile soil.
HEIMDALL God of light and protection.
HELThe goddess of death and ruler of the realm of the dead.
HERMOD
The messenger of the gods. Often equated to the Greek god Hermes.
HOD
Blind god of darkness and winter.
HOLLER
God of disease and destruction.
IDUN
Goddess of the spring, eternal youth and the keeper of the golden apples
JORD Goddess of the primitive and unpopulated earth.
JORMUNGAND The Midgard Serpent
KARI
Leader of the storm giants.
KVASIR The wisest of the Vanir gods.
LAGA Goddess of wells and springs.
LOFN Goddess of forbidden love, who blesses all illicit love affairs.
LOKI
Trickster god of the Norse, concerned with thievery, magic and fire.
MAGNI Son of Thor and god of brute strength.
MANI
God of the moon and brother of the sun goddess Sol.
MIMING Minor forest god.
MIMIR Wisest god of the Aesir, sent in a hostage trade to the rival Vanir gods.
MODI God of battle wrath, he was the leader of the berserkers.
NJORD God of the sea, wind and fire. He bestows good fortune to those on the
sea.
NORNS The triple goddesses of fate and destiny.
NOTT Goddess of night who mans the night-charion in it's track through the sky.
ODIN
The chief god of the Aesir and most important of the Norse deities.
RAN
Goddess of storms and the drowned dead.
SAGA Goddess of poetry and history.
SIF Wife of Thor, and possibly an ancient fertility goddess.
SJOFN Goddess of love, passion and marital harmony.
SKADI A frost giant and goddess of winter.
SLEIPNIR The eight-legged horse of Odin
SOL
Goddess of the sun, who guides the sun-chariot through the sky.
SYN
Goddess of watchfulness and truth.
THOR Thunder-god and the protector of men and gods.
TYR
The original god of war in the Germanic culture
ULL God of justice and duelling, archery and skiing.
VALI
Son of Odin, and the god born to avenge the death of Balder.
VALKYRIES The battle-maidens, who choose the best warriors
VANIR A group of fertility and nature gods
VAR
Goddess of contracts and marriage agreements
VIDAR Son of Odin and the god of silence and vengeance.
Thor Odinson
Sigmund- sword tempered with lightning by
Thor
Scourage of Thor- Thor's whip that calls lightning when
wielded.
Mjollnir- colossal hammer of Thor, the thunder god
Pictures of A Valkyrie (left) And Freya
(right)
Weapons
Jormungand- staff made in the likeliness of Jormungand, the gigantic serpent
that encircles the world
Laevateinn- the flaming sword of Surt, said to comsume the world by fire at
the time of Ragnarok.
Undabrunn- axe found in the fountain located at the very bottom of the
world
Ytival- bow of pure silver, carried by the holy army when
they descended from heaven
Yggdrasil- huge wooden club carved from the branch of Yggdrasil, the world
tree
Weapons of Bladr
Baldr axe- axe forged from
Baldrbow- bow forged from
Baldr
Baldr
Baldr claw- claw forged from
Baldr
Baldr club- cudgel forged from
Baldr spear- spear forged from
Baldr
Baldr
Baldr sword- sword forged from
Baldr
Ragnarok/ The End Of The World
Ragnarok
by Micha F. Lindemans
Ragnarok ("Doom of the Gods"), also called Gotterdammerung,
means the end of the cosmos in Norse mythology. It will be
preceded by Fimbulvetr, the winter of winters. Three such
winters will follow each other with no summers in between.
Conflicts and feuds will break out, even between families, and
all morality will disappear. This is the beginning of the end.
The wolf Skoll will finally devour the sun, and his brother Hati
will eat the moon, plunging the earth [into] darkness. The stars
will vanish from the sky. The cock Fjalar will crow to the giants
and the golden cock Gullinkambi will crow to the gods. A third
cock will raise the dead.
Cocktrice- Poultry That Can Turn You To
Stone Or Petrify You!!!!
Ragnarok (Cont.)
The earth will shudder with earthquakes, and every bond and fetter will burst,
freeing the terrible wolf Fenrir. The sea will rear up because Jormungand, the
Midgard Serpent, is twisting and writhing in fury as he makes his way toward
the land. With every breath, Jormungand will stain the soil and the sky with his
poison. The waves caused by the serpent's emerging will set free the ship
Naglfar, and with the giant Hymir as their commander, the giants will sail
towards the battlefield. From the realm of the dead a second ship will set sail,
and this ship carries the inhabitants of hell, with Loki as their helmsman. The
fire giants, led by the giant Surt, will leave Muspell in the south to join against
the gods. Surt, carrying a sword that blazes like the sun itself, will scorch the
earth.
Meanwhile, Heimdall will sound his horn, calling the sons of Odin and the
heroes to the battlefield. From all the corners of the world, gods, giants,
dwarves, demons and elves will ride towards the huge plain of Vigrid ("battle
shaker") where the last battle will be fought. Odin will engage Fenrir in battle,
and Thor will attack Jormungand. Thor will victorious, but the serpent's poison
will gradually kill the god of thunder. Surt will seek out the swordless
Ragnarok (cont)
Freyr, who will quickly succumb to the giant. The one-handed Tyr will fight the
monstrous hound Garm and they will kill each other. Loki and Heimdall, age-old
enemies, will meet for a final time, and neither will survive their encounter. The fight
between Odin and Fenrir will rage for a long time, but finally Fenrir will seize Odin
and swallow him. Odin's son Vidar will at once leap towards the wolf and kill him
with his bare hands, ripping the wolf's jaws apart.
Then Surt will fling fire in every direction. The nine worlds will burn, and friends and
foes alike will perish. The earth will sink into the sea.
After the destruction, a new and idyllic world will arise from the sea and will be filled
with abundant supplies. Some of the gods will survive, others will be reborn.
Wickedness and misery will no longer exist and gods and men will live happily
together. The descendants of Lif and Lifthrasir will inhabit this earth.
Ragnarök does not mean "Twilight of the Gods"; that phrase is the result of a
famous mistranslation. "Ragnarökr" or "Ragnarøkr" means "doom of the powers" or
"destruction of the powers" (where "powers" means "gods").
Pictures of Ragnarok (from Soul Eater
XD)
Pictures of Ragnarok ( For Real This
Time)
The 9 Realms of The Norse World And
Worlds Tree, Yggdrasil
Germanic/Norse Runes
The Bluetooth Symbol is actually a
Germanic Symbol
Bluetooth name and symbol origin
The Logo
The Bluetooth logo is one of the most familiar logos in the technology industry.
It used the Runic alphabet characters for "H" and "B," the initials of its
namesake, King Harald Bluetooth.
King Harald's actual name was King Harald Batand. It is said he was given the
nickname "Bluetooth" because of his love of eating teeth-staining blueberries.
Biblography
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/gerchange.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120319221306AAbABuj
http://easybib.com/key/61812b
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5210497_origin-bluetooth-technology.html
http://www.odinsvolk.ca/O.V.A.%20-%20GODSundGODDESSES.htm
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/godsnorse.htm
http://wikicheats.gametrailers.com/Ogre_Battle_64:_Person_of_Lordly_Caliber_
-_VCON/Classes
Bilbography (Cont.)
Cotterell, Arthur. The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends.
New York: Macmillan, 1989. Print.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ragnarok.html
"Ragnarok." Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica
Online.
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