Yggdrasil

Jelling: Jelling still requires the representation of animals on decorated items, but this time, they are “S” shaped and interlaced with spiral hips, profiled heads and pigtails. With this style, it appears like both Borre and Jelling are overlapping and most of the time used on the same object. This style was predominant in the 10th Century AD. Mammen: This style was very much present in the second half of the 10th century. The Mammen style was called after a grave site found in the village of…

Many cultures incorporated the motif of natural disasters. They may have incorporated this motif because there is always some kind of controversy between gods. The cultures know that gods and others do not get along all the time. The Yoruban myth includes the angry god motif. Olokun, the master of the sea, did not consult for human creation. In return for another god creating humans, Olokun sent a massive flood down on the humans to get rid of them. This flood wiped all of the creations. The…

gain wisdom, whereas Eren is seen to have gained pure power from his sacrifice, even as his power was unknowingly attained. Their reason for sacrifice is different as well. Odin seemed to have only self-interest in mind when he impaled himself upon Yggdrasil, and wanted wisdom only for the sake of being wiser and more powerful. Eren on the other hand, chose to sacrifice himself for love of his friend. Eren wanted his friend to live, and therefore gave his life for one that in his eyes, seemed to…

Glossary This glossary contains many terms that made part of the Viking culture. They refer to words taken from their mythology, administration in England, their naval technology, their literature, and culture. A Asgard: From the Norse Mythology. It designates the home of the Æsir tribe of gods. Æsir: From the Norse Mythology. It is the name of a number of deities venerated by pre-Christian Norse tribes and other Germanic tribes. Alfheim: From the Norse Mythology, it means “land of the fairies”…

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…

Norse mythology is a religion that the vikings believed in and it is very similar to Greek mythology and very different as well. The way the Greeks and Norse believed the world was created were far from similar. The believed in powerful gods and goddesses, they each have a part in the world. They also had a different belief on how the world would end. Norse mythology and Greek mythology are very alike but the stories are twisted around a bit to end with the same outcome. We all know about…

becoming chaos. The Norse mythology is not like other mythologies where they believe there are only a few planes of existence, Norse mythology believes in the cosmos. There are nine realms in Norse mythology and they are all in something called Yggdrasil, the world tree. From top to bottom of the tree these are the realms: Asgard(land of the Aesir gods), Midgard(earth), Jotunheimen(land of giants), Vanaheim(home of the Vanir gods),…

These select few would live on to repopulate the world and bring life to the war torn earth that remained. Those who survived were “two people, Lif “a woman” and Liftraser “a man”, will find sheltering in the sacred tree Yggdrasil. And when the battle is over, they will come out and populate the earth again. Several of the gods will survive, among them Odin's sons Vidar and Vali and his brother Honir. Thor's sons Modi and Magni they will inherit their father's hammer Mjölnir”…

The myth above started with a similar background as the Theogony by Hesoid. The cosmos in both myths are in Chaos at the very beginning until the appearance of world creator who reshaped the world. The special state of the cosmos is also mentioned in many other creation myths such as the Hebrew Bible. In the Hebrew Bible, the early cosmos is described using the word “Tohuwabohu” which means disordered and unsystematic. Also, the world creator Chaos spoke before creating which is similar to the…

“Religion is an expression of social cohesion” as it unifies people together in a variety of ways such as a common goal or behaviour. It brings together people from all social classes to celebrate religious ceremonies such as sacrifice. It also allows societies to work in relative harmony by ensuring morals and principles according to the religion are evident in society. These features are both eminent in Nordic and Aztec communities. In Nordic society, religion played a significant role in…