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Norse Mythology
Norse Mythology: Info on Wikipedia
Norse mythology has its roots in Proto-Norse Iron Age Scandinavian prehistory. It flourished 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
Tales of the Norse Warrior Gods: The Heroes of Asgard
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Tyr Feeding Fenrir
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
The Norse gods were mortal, and maintained their youth by eating I%uFFFD's magic apples.
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Apology to fellow members that had signed the old guestbook. I got click happy when trying to move things around the lens and deleted the old guestbook. I wish there was a way to undo mistakes like that.
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- AnnaleeBlysse AnnaleeBlysse Nov 25, 2009 @ 12:11 am
- It is a good one! That and What Would Scooby Do?
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- PJ_Deneen PJ_Deneen Nov 24, 2009 @ 9:56 pm
- Hello fellow Norse myth lover! Well done. I lensrolled this to my Norse mythology lens. I love the designs you are showing off in this lens, especially the "What would Loki do?" shirt. Can you imagine walking in a room with that on and having people actually answering that question?
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- sellingnicestuff sellingnicestuff Aug 26, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
- Great lens..and such variety of more to read! Definitely bookmarked for reading the rest.
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- sellingnicestuff sellingnicestuff Aug 26, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
- Great lens..and such variety of more to read! Definitely bookmarked for reading the rest.
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