Norse Mythology Deffinitions

1. Vikings: Norse warriors and explorers.
   
2. Ginnungagap: The void that was there before creation.
   
3. Nifleheim: The land of Ice and Fog.
   
4. Muspellheim: The Land of Fire which was situated directly across from Nifleheim.
   
5. Yggdrasil: The world tree that connects all of the realms.
   
6. Asgard: The place where the gods live.
   
7. Midgard: The place where mortals live.
   
8. Hel: Where the dead go and the name of the Goddess who rules that same place.
   
9. Bifrost Bridge: Bridge connecting Midgard to Asgard. The Rainbow.
   
10. Ymir: The first Frost Giant who's body was used to create Earth.
    
11. Odin: Lead god who sacrificed his eye to gain total knowledge.
    
12. Frigg: Goddess of earth and most powerful Goddess.
    
13. The Valkyries : Daughters of Odin who take those slain in battle to Midgard.
    
14. The Norns: The fate maidens: titled Past, Present, and Future.
    
15. Thor: Strongest of the gods and son of Odin.
    
16. Balder: Most loved of the gods by humans and the gods. Son of Odin
    
17. Njord: Odin's brother and patron of the sailors.
    
18. Frey: God of Fertility, sun and rain.
    
19. Freya: Goddess of love, fertility, and magic.
    
20. Idunn: Goddess of youth and keeper of the golden apples, which keep the gods youthful.
    
21. Loki: Trickster god who will bring about the end of the world.
    
22. Fenrir: Loki's son. A wolf who also brings the end of the world upon us.
    
23. Jormungandr: The world serpent. Another of Loki's sons who destroy the world.
    
24. Ragnarok: The apocalypse that only two humans survive.
    
25. Runes: Magical figures that are used to convey thought and word through sound. They also allow humans to commune with the gods.

Citations: "Bifrost." March 27 1997. Drawing. Windows To the Universe. December 1 2008.

Oatway, Hale. "The Fenrir Wolf." Drawing. Elfwood. December 1 2008.