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57 Cards in this Set
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Ship burial |
Norse kings hurried in ships |
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Kenning |
Icelandic and English poetry uysing figurative language concentrating on a single word |
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Runes |
Germanic alphebet |
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Snorri Sturluson |
Wrote many Norse myths |
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Prose Edda |
Norse creation story starting with Christian beliefs and hen going into mythology and destruction story |
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Rationalization of myth |
Snorri didnt make myth logical |
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Aesir |
Norse god, part of pantheon |
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Odin |
Head of Norse gods |
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Ginnungagap |
A primordial void, filled with mists, existing between Niflheim and Muspelhiem |
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Muspell |
Land of fire |
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Niflheim |
Land of ice |
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Ymir |
Frost ogre, conflict between gods and frost ogres, earth built out of body of Ymir |
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Buri |
First Norse god |
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Midgard |
Realm of mortals |
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Asgard |
Realm of gods |
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Bifrost |
Rainbow bridge, between midgard and asgard |
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Ragnarok |
Restriction of asgard, Loki's child (Fenrir) main part of that |
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Fenrir |
Loki's wolf child |
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Midgard serpant |
Jormungand, Loki's child again.... |
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Valhalla |
Hall of the fallen who died with honor in battle |
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Yggdrasill |
Ash tree if the realms |
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Frigg |
Wife of Odin |
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Saidr |
Norse magic |
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Thor |
Protector of the gods |
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Mjollnir |
Thor's hammer |
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Baldr |
Odin's son, killed by Loki |
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Loki |
Trickster, malevolent god, instrumental in Ragnorok |
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Valkyries |
Decide who lives and dies in battle, who goes to Valhalla? |
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Norns |
Fates |
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Pantheism |
One god, many pieces |
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Vedas |
Hyms, appeal to different gods |
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Vedic era |
OG gods, hinduism |
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Varna |
Social classes of hinduism |
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Dharma |
Law, virtue |
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Karma |
Good or bad stuff you get from your deeds |
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Samsara |
Rebirth |
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Maya |
Illusion |
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Moksha |
End of rebirths |
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Brahmin |
Priests, jave sandskript amd rituals |
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Brahman/Atman |
Illusion of reality in Hinduism |
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Brahma |
Highest god in Hinduism |
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Kalpa |
Sanskrit, long period of time |
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Yuga |
Era within a four age circle |
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Kaliyuga |
Last four stages |
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Vahana |
Hidu deity |
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Agni |
god of fire and sacrifice |
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Indra |
OG god, confronts Vritra |
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Vishnu |
Preserver god |
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Shiva |
Destroyer, creates cycles of time |
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Rama |
Deity, 7th piece |
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Ramayana |
Major sanskrit |
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Mahabharata |
Major sanskrit |
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Bhagavad-gita |
Sanskrit |
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Arjuna |
Warrior of the Pandara side |
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Krishna |
Manifestation of Vishnu, tells Arjuna that reality is just an illusion |
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Bhakti |
Devotion to personal god |
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Asuras/rakshasas |
Nature deities that seek power |