Odin

In that case, Odin and his wife, Frigg, would be Loki’s parents, and his siblings would, most notably, be Baldr and Thor. Another common misconception concerns Loki being the god of mischief. Since he was most likely not worshipped, he would not be the patron god of…

Most people have their favorite childhood Folklore stories, Scandinavian Lore is the Folklore of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland. Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales are a type of Folklore which are normally confused, and hard to identify. Folklore is a collection of stories passed down from generation to generation that include Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales. Generally a popular story passed from one age to the next. Legends are a traditional story sometimes commonly considered as…

While some people think of myths and mythology as just meaningless stories, they can actually be something that brings people together. Mythology is a field of study that is neglected in our high school, and even our college educational systems. The definition of mythology is a body or collection of myths belonging to a people and addressing their origin, history, deities, ancestors,and heroes. The term “a people” refers to a culture. This means that, per this definition, two cultures can have…

became the main host of Sauron’s powers. The Orcs become the muscle of the battles between the light and the dark, for they are of insignificant loss. In addition to the Orcs, Sauron also commands the powers of the Nazgûls. Similar to the einherjar of Odin, the Nazgûls, or the Ringwraiths, are the fallen and resurrected men, “like vultures that expect their fill of doomed men’s flesh. Out of sight and shot they flew, and yet were ever present, and their deadly voices rent the air” (Return of the…

tales, two central characters in The Snow Queen are plucked straight from Norse mythology. They are the two crows who assist Gerda at a critical point in her journey. According to myth, the god Odin carries two crows on his shoulders, referred to as Huginn and Muninn (Thought and Memory). The birds bring Odin information from all over his realm.[8] In The Snow Queen, Gerda encounters the crows when she is searching for clues as to where Kai could be. The crows tell Gerda that they think Kai…

Throughout the Nordic texts, Odin is shown with his most prominent and notable trait being his wisdom (Lindow 248). As a god “Odin uses his wisdom to order himself atop the hierarchy of all creatures” (Lindow 250). He is known as the King of the Aesir gods and governs over them from Asgard: one of the nine realms. (McCoy, “Odin”). In The Poetic Edda, Odin is sometimes known as “Alfather”: “the father of all” (Hollander 63). Zeus, in the Greek’s…

FOOSH! A man in a cloak swings around in the trees, circling a giant. SHINK! The man lands a blow on the giant, but it still stands. The man circles the giant as if he is flying looking for an opening. “There!” he says to himself and strikes the giant where it is vulnerable, the giant falls to its death. This could possibly be a Norse god attacking and killing a giant, however it could also be a scene from Attack on Titan. Norse mythology influences the artist of Attack on Titan when he writes…

great battle. There are three Aesir gods that will be included in this essay, Thor, Odin, and Heimdallr The first Aesir god is Odin, Odin is the husband of Frigg. He is often depicted as one-eyed and long-bearded, frequently wielding a spear named Gungnir, and wearing a cloak and a broad hat. Typically Odin is seen with his many animal companions, the wolves Geri and Freki, and the ravens Muninn and Huginn. Odin…

The two ravens would fly across the entire world every day before reporting back to Odin. They were, in a sense, Odin’s eyes and ears. Huginn symbolized thought, which could reinforce the ideal of the narrator being a scholar. Muninn, on the other hand, is symbolic of memory. Muninn, therefore, reveals that the raven is much more than…

Vikings; early Europe’s bloodthirsty warriors. At the surface, they seemed no better than packs of wild dogs, faithless and savage. These “dogs” did have faith. They had faith in the many Gods and Goddesses of the Aesir. Tales of creatures, immortal beings, and everlasting wars would fill the halls of longhouses across the lands for hundreds of years, until they steadily faded away for centuries. Norse-paganism was once a great and prosperous religion that spread throughout most of Europe. It…