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Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the indigenous pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian peoples, including those who settled on Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. Norse mythology is the best-preserved version of the older common Germanic paganism, which also includes the closely related Anglo-Saxon mythology. Germanic mythology, in its turn, developed from an earlier Indo-European mythology.

Norse mythology is a collection of beliefs and stories shared by Northern Germanic tribes. It had no one set of doctrinal beliefs. The mythology was orally transmitted in the form of poetry and our knowledge about it is mainly based on the Eddas and other medieval texts written down during and after Christianization.a

Some aspects of Norse mythology passed into Scandinavian folklore and have survived to modern day times. Others have recently been reinvented or reconstructed as Germanic neopaganism. The mythology also remains as an inspiration in literature (see Norse mythological influences on later literature) as well as on stage productions and movies.

The Norse mythology is a subset or root of the wide Germanic mythology.

Contents 1 Deities 1.1 Major deities 2 Items 3 Symbols 3.1 Triquetra 4 Races 5 The Nine Worlds 6 Other locations 7 In Popular Culture 8 Videos 9 See Also 10 External Links 11 References

DeitiesEdit

Norse mythology has numerous divine figures among it's accounts, with Odin, Thor and Loki been the most prominent, and also most used Norse gods in popular culture, such as comic books, television and film. Among the many norse gods, we have:

Major deitiesEdit

• Odin
• Thor
• Loki
• Tyr
• Balder
• Freyr
• Freya
• Frigg

ItemsEdit

Main article: Items in Norse mythology

SymbolsEdit

TriquetraEdit

The triquetra is a knot-like formation with three ends, commonly shown interlaced around a circle. The symbol is also known as the symbol of charm, and is used in the depiction of several norse and scandaninavian items such as the Mjölnir.

The Triquetra was heavily used by Norse pagans, as they used articles like pendants resembling the Mjolnir with a Triquetra symbol crafted on it.

RacesEdit

• Æsir
• Elf
• Norns
• Vanir
• Valkyries

The Nine WorldsEdit

Main article: Norse cosmology

In Norse mythology, the nine worlds also known as nine realms, are planets or massive city-like places located throughout the cosmos, connected by the world three known as Yggdrasil. The interdimensional rainbow-like path known as rainboraBifröst , bridges Asgard with other realms.

• Asgard
• Midgard
• Álfheimr
• Jötunheimr
• Muspelheim
• Niðavellir
• Niflheim
• Svartálfaheim
• Vanaheimr

Other locationsEdit

• Valhalla
• Bifröst
• Utgard

In Popular CultureEdit

Main article: Norse mythology in popular culture

Norse mythology has been heavily used by Marvel Comic's as source material for various of their storylines in the Thor comic books. Not to forget, Marvel Comic's used Norse mythology's deities like Thor and Loki to create their own super heroic and villanous versions of the characters respectively.

VideosEdit

See Also Edit

External Links Edit

• The Norse Mythology Blog

References Edit

Norse mythology articles
Major Deities	Odin | Thor | Freyr | Freya | Frigg | Loki | Balder | Tyr |
Races	Æsir | Vanir | Giants | Elves | Dwarves | Valkyries | Einherjar | Norns
Worlds	Álfheimr | Asgard | Jötunheimr | Midgard | Muspelheim | Niðavellir | Niflheim | Svartálfaheim | Vanaheimr
Locations	Bifröst | Utgard | Valhalla
Topics	Yggdrasil | Ginnungagap | Ragnarök | Poetic Edda | Prose Edda | The Sagas |

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