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Legends Summarized: The Poetic Edda - YouTube
For another cool legend, check this out: https://youtu.be/5ai5umy9yH0 Norse mythology, baby! The stories covered here are: Völuspa, Vafthrudnismol, Grimnismo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73y4oUG_YgA
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The Poetic Edda Index
The Poetic Eddas are the oral literature of Iceland, which were finally written down from 1000 to 1300 C.E. The Eddas are a primary source for our knowledge of ancient Norse pagan beliefs. This translation of the Poetic Eddas by Henry Adams Bellows is highly readable.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/index.htm
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The Prose Edda Index
The Prose Edda contains a wide variety of lore which a Skald (poet) of the time would need to know. The text is of interest to modern readers because it contains consistent narratives of many of the plot lines of Norse mythology.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/index.htm
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Tales - Norse Mythology for Smart People
The body of stories that we today call “Norse mythology” formed one of the centerpieces of the pagan Norse religion. These are the tales that Viking poets recited in dimly lit halls to the captivated attendees of grand feasts, and which fathers and mothers told to their children around roaring hearth-fires on long winter nights. … Continue reading Tales →
https://norse-mythology.org/tales/
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The Creation of the Cosmos - Norse Mythology for Smart People
The Norse creation myth or cosmogony (an account of the origins of the cosmos) is perhaps one of the richest in all of world literature. First, let’s look at this exceptionally colorful story itself, then consider how the Vikings may have interpreted it and found meaning in it. The Origin of the Cosmos Before there … Continue reading The Creation of the Cosmos →
https://norse-mythology.org/tales/norse-creation-myth/
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Ragnarök: Classic Norse Myth of the End of the World
Ragnarok is an Old Norse myth about the end of the world in a fierce unrelenting winter. Can it be a folk memory of a real event?
https://www.thoughtco.com/ragnaroek-norse-myth-4150300
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The Death of Balder in Norse Mythology
Learn all about the death of the Norse God Balder and the punishment of Loki, who was the son of a giant.
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-death-of-balder-112364
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War Between The Aesir And The Vanir Gods In Norse Mythology
The Aesir were warlike gods who lived in total separation from the Vanir, the gods of fertility. The Aesir lived in Asgard and the Vanir, who existed long before the first Aesir gods appeared, lived in Vanaheim.
http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/04/10/war-between-the-aesir-and-the-vanir-gods-in-norse-mythology/
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The Mead of Poetry - Norse Mythology for Smart People
This is the story of how Odin came to possess the Mead of Poetry (Old Norse Óðrœrir, “Stirrer of Inspiration“). At the conclusion of the Aesir-Vanir War, the Aesir and Vanir gods and goddesses sealed their truce by spitting into a great vat. From their spittle they formed a being whom they named Kvasir (“Fermented … Continue reading The Mead of Poetry →
https://norse-mythology.org/tales/the-mead-of-poetry/
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The Building of Asgard’s Wall
Long after the Golden Age, it was still very early in the cycle of time. And long after the war between the Aesir and the Vanir, the wall around Asgard
https://thenorsegods.com/the-building-of-asgards-wall/
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Loki’s Children and the Binding of Fenrir
THE MOTHER OF SLEIPNIR was also the father of three appalling children. Not content with his faithful wife Sigyn, Loki sometimes took off for Jotunheim;
https://thenorsegods.com/lokis-children-and-the-binding-of-fenrir/
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The Kidnapping of Idun - Norse Mythology for Smart People
Idun is one of the most prominent goddesses in Norse mythology. She’s the keeper of mysterious fruits eaten by the gods, which enable them to retain their youth and ward off the process of aging. These fruits are commonly assumed to be apples, but, as Old Norse scholar E.O.G. Turville-Petre has pointed out, the word … Continue reading The Kidnapping of Idun →
https://norse-mythology.org/tales/the-kidnapping-of-idun/
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Skadi – the giantess who married the sea god | The Swedish History Museum
Skadi is a goddess of the wilderness who hunts in the mountains on her skis. Her father is the giant Thiazi. Despite being a giantess, she became accepted by the gods of Asgard when she married the sea god Njord.
https://historiska.se/norse-mythology/skadi-en/
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Thor & Loki get Punk’d by a Giant – Myth Crafts
The following tale comes from the Prose Edda, an early 13th century Icelandic mythological work written by a man whose name is equally epic: Snorri Sturluson. As the story begins, Thor, Loki and two of Thor's indentured child servants, Þjálfi and Röskva, are travelling East into the land of the Giants, Jötunheimr (Jötnar meaning giant). They end up…
https://mythcrafts.com/2018/05/21/thor-loki-get-punkd-by-a-giant/
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Thor's Duel with Hrungnir
In Thor's duel with Hrungnir. Thor crushes the giant's skull and his hone which fragments into a thousand pieces one of which gets lodged into Thor's head.
https://thenorsegods.com/thors-duel-with-hrungnir/
