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woden: woden is the counterpart to the Norse god Odin, Odin led the north men gods into a struggle with giants of ice and frost. He made the Midgard from his flesh,the sea from his blood and the mountains he made from the giants bones and for the cliffs he used the teeth and for the trees he used the hair and the giants skull made the sky which was held by North,South,East and West then the sun and moon was made which Sol and Mani which were named after the sun and moon drove golden chariots to carry the sun and moon around. the story goes one night while riding around in their chariots Sol and Mani stopped to talk to two children they saw carrying some pales of water named Hiuki and Bil who was made by their mean and cruel father to carry water all night long and they talked to them.

Odin who had completed the earth and people decided to build palace for themselves in Asgard the most famous being Valhalla which is where all the brave men who fought during battle dead went and were laid to rest ;with the walls being made of spears and the roof being made of golden shields in the hall there was a table where the dead would eat and it was thought a disgrace to die without a sword in hand. Odin's horse sleipnir would
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Odin created the Yggdrasil tree the tree of life it had three roots one went to Asgard, one went to Midgard, and one wen to the underworld the tree grew so big that it overgrew the world and on top of it sat and eagle so it could see all three kingdoms and report what was

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