Norse Mythology

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Coming from a Norwegian-American family, I've always been fascinated by Norse Mythology. Nearly everything I've learned I had to read or watch in movies because my family is pretty far removed our Norwegian roots.

Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology: Info on Wikipedia 

Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the myths of North Germanic pre-Christian religion.

Most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled in medieval Iceland in Old Norse, notably as the Edda.

Norse mythology is the best-preserved version of wider Germanic paganism, which also includes the closely related Anglo-Saxon and Continental varieties. Germanic mythology can be shown to preserve certain aspects attributed to common Indo-European mythology.

Norse mythology has its roots in Proto-Norse Iron Age Scandinavian prehistory. It flourishes during the Viking Age and following the Christianization of Scandinavia during the High Middle Ages passed into Scandinavian folklore, some aspects surviving to the modern day.

The mythology from the Romanticist Viking revival came to be an influence on modern literature and popular culture.

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths 

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

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Nordic Gods and Heroes  

Nordic Gods and Heroes

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The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths 

The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths

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Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs 

Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs

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The Norse Myths  

The Norse Myths (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

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What is a Saga?

Saga: Information on Wikipedia 

The sagas (from Icelandic saga, plural sögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. They were written in the Old Norse language, mainly in Iceland.

The texts are epic tales in prose, often with stanzas or whole poems in alliterative verse embedded in the text, of heroic deeds of days long gone, tales of worthy men, who were often Vikings, sometimes Pagan, sometimes Christian. The tales are usually realistic, except legendary sagas, sagas of saints, sagas of bishops and translated or recomposed romances. They are sometimes romanticised and fantastic, but always dealing with human beings one can understand.

Excerpt from Njáls Saga in the Möðruvallabók.

Heroes of Asgard

Tales from Scandinavian Mythology

The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology 

Annie Keary and Eliza Keary's book The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology was published in the 1800's and several free eBook versions are available for download at http://books.google.com/.

Tales of the Norse Warrior Gods: The Heroes of Asgard

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Tyr Feeding Fenrir

Heroes of Asgard Photos 

Tyr Feeding Fenrir by Annalee's Pics

Tyr Feeding Fenrir

Skadi Chosing Her Husband by Annalee's Pics

Skadi Chosing Her Husband

Punishment of Loki by Annalee's Pics

Punishment of Loki

Iduna Giving the Magic Apples by Annalee's Pics

Iduna Giving the Magic Apples

Giant Suttung and the Dwarves by Annalee's Pics

Giant Suttung and the Dwarves

Freyja in the Dwarves Cave by Annalee's Pics

Freyja in the Dwarves Cave

Giant Skrymir and Thor by Annalee's Pics

Giant Skrymir and Thor

Æsir

The Gods

Loki 

The trickster God Loki was described as many things, one of which was a Sky Walker. Many resources on the Net point to George Lucas having originally used the name Starkiller when he created the character Anakin, and that the name Luke Skywalker was chosen after the first Star Wars movie started filming. Even though that is the only history of the name I found online, I wonder if there isn't a tie between "Loki the Sky Walker" and Luke Skywalker. After all, George Lucas has shared that he developed his stories using ideas of from mythology (The Hero's Journey).

Loki Made Me Do It! 

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Flickr Photos - Norse Mythology 

Bifrost .......   The Rainbow Bridge by David Cartier

In Norse mythology, "Bifrost" was the rainbow bridge leading f...

Idun_and_the_Apples by teachastrid

The Norse gods were mortal, and maintained their youth by eating I%uFFFD's magic apples.

Norse Gods by Dunechaser

The gods and goddesses of Norse mythology. From left to right, Heimdall, Freyr, ...

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