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57 Cards in this Set

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Ship burial

Norse kings hurried in ships

Kenning

Icelandic and English poetry uysing figurative language concentrating on a single word

Runes

Germanic alphebet

Snorri Sturluson

Wrote many Norse myths

Prose Edda

Norse creation story starting with Christian beliefs and hen going into mythology and destruction story

Rationalization of myth

Snorri didnt make myth logical

Aesir

Norse god, part of pantheon

Odin

Head of Norse gods

Ginnungagap

A primordial void, filled with mists, existing between Niflheim and Muspelhiem

Muspell

Land of fire

Niflheim

Land of ice

Ymir

Frost ogre, conflict between gods and frost ogres, earth built out of body of Ymir

Buri

First Norse god

Midgard

Realm of mortals

Asgard

Realm of gods

Bifrost

Rainbow bridge, between midgard and asgard

Ragnarok

Restriction of asgard, Loki's child (Fenrir) main part of that

Fenrir

Loki's wolf child

Midgard serpant

Jormungand, Loki's child again....

Valhalla

Hall of the fallen who died with honor in battle

Yggdrasill

Ash tree if the realms

Frigg

Wife of Odin

Saidr

Norse magic

Thor

Protector of the gods

Mjollnir

Thor's hammer

Baldr

Odin's son, killed by Loki

Loki

Trickster, malevolent god, instrumental in Ragnorok

Valkyries

Decide who lives and dies in battle, who goes to Valhalla?

Norns

Fates

Pantheism

One god, many pieces

Vedas

Hyms, appeal to different gods

Vedic era

OG gods, hinduism

Varna

Social classes of hinduism

Dharma

Law, virtue

Karma

Good or bad stuff you get from your deeds

Samsara

Rebirth

Maya

Illusion

Moksha

End of rebirths

Brahmin

Priests, jave sandskript amd rituals

Brahman/Atman

Illusion of reality in Hinduism

Brahma

Highest god in Hinduism

Kalpa

Sanskrit, long period of time

Yuga

Era within a four age circle

Kaliyuga

Last four stages

Vahana

Hidu deity

Agni

god of fire and sacrifice

Indra

OG god, confronts Vritra

Vishnu

Preserver god

Shiva

Destroyer, creates cycles of time

Rama

Deity, 7th piece

Ramayana

Major sanskrit

Mahabharata

Major sanskrit

Bhagavad-gita

Sanskrit

Arjuna

Warrior of the Pandara side

Krishna

Manifestation of Vishnu, tells Arjuna that reality is just an illusion

Bhakti

Devotion to personal god

Asuras/rakshasas

Nature deities that seek power