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Norse mythology is a version of the older Germanic mythology and was later replaced by Christianity for the most part. Norse mythology is a set of beliefs and stories shared by Northern Germanic tribes. It was not handed down from the gods to the mortal. It had no scripture.
Numerous Old Norse works dated to the 13th-century record Norse mythology, a component of North Germanic religion. Old Norse religion was polytheistic , entailing a belief in various gods and goddesses .
Nov 2, 2017 · Norse Mythology refers to the Scandinavian mythological framework that was upheld during and around the time of the Viking Age (c. 790- c. 1100 CE).
Poetic Edda. Home. Norse Mythology. Norse mythology is the compilation of the stories, religious practices, and myths of the ancient Nordic people.
In Nordic mythology, Asgard ( Old Norse: Ásgarðr [ˈɑːsˌɡɑrðz̠]; "enclosure of the Æsir ") is a location associated with the gods. It appears in a multitude of Old Norse sagas and mythological texts. [1] . It is described as the fortified home of the Æsir gods, often associated with gold imagery.
Odin ( Old Norse: Óðinn) is the god of wisdom, knowledge, air, poetry, death, healing, royalty, divination, gallows, frenzy, magic and runic alphabet in Norse mythology. Son of Borr and the giantess ( jötunn) Bestla, Odin is the chief of the Æsir (all the Germanic gods) and king of Asgard.
Thor ( Old Norse: Þórr) is the god of thunder and lightning in Norse mythology, associated with strength, storms, hallowing, sacred groves and tress and fertility. He is the son of Odin and Jörð, the personification of the Earth, and is the strongest of the Æsir.
