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In The Beginning § Gaping pit called Ginungagap. § A frost giant named Ymir and a horless cow. § Ymir fell asleep and created the first jotun § The cow brought the life of a handsom man § Jotun and aesir married she gave birth to the aesir § The aesir went to kill ymir § Two worlds called Midgard and Jotunheim were created § Men were made after Back Next Title

Odin, the king § Was one of the ones that brought down ymir. § Odin was the leader of the norse. § He could see to the end of the world in his chair. § He saw a jotun named mimir who was the smartest jotun. § If you drank from the well that he mimir protected then you would be really smart. § Odin asked mimir for a sip of the well and in return gave him his left eye. § Since he only had one eye he covered it with his hair. Back Next Start

Bragi the poet • Bragi was a poet • He was a mortal person from the ninth century until people decided he must be a god • Odin’s chief poet • Son of Odin • Had runes ground on his tongue Back Next Start

Thor, god of thunder s Thor is the son of Odin s He became even more popular then his father and got a day of the week named after him (Thursday) s His weapon is a hammer called mjonir s Destined to die in Ragnarok form the midgard serpant Back Next Start

Balder, god of light s Balder is like a muse, he is son of Odin and Frigg s One Day, Frigg made everything promise they wouldn’t hurt Balder except the mistletoe plant s A trickster god, Loki, found out Balder’s weakness s Loki made a dart out of mistletoe, which was Balder’s weakness s At one time, the gods were throwing things at Balder s Loki tricked a blind god to throw the mistletoe at Balder s It peirced him and he died. s Nanna, his wife died from the shock of his death s Everyone cried for him, except Loki so Balder wasn’t brought back to life Back Next Start

Tyr, god of duty s Fenris was a giant wolf, offspring of Loki and Angerboda. s He grew so large that the gods became afraid of him. s Only Tyr was brave enough to feed and take care of Fenris. s The gods crafted the strongest iron chain called Laeding and attached it to Fenris. s Fenris easily broke it. s The gods then crafted a second chain, Dromi. s He allowed the gods to put the fetter upon him, and he broke it. s The dwarves made a silk bond called Gleipnir. s Fenris let the gods put it on him, if Tyr put his hand in Fenris’ mouth. s Fenris realized he couldn’t get out, and he chomped off Tyr’s hand. Back Next Start

Bibliography D’Aulaire, Edgar, D’Aulaire, Ingri, Chabon, Michael. D’aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths New York City: New York Review, 2005. Unknown. "Norse Mythology. " http: //www. ugcs. caltech. edu/~cherryne/myth. cgi/Bragi. html Lindemans, Micha. "Bragi" http: //www. pantheon. org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/ar ticles. html Wiley Publishing, Inc. "Summaries and Commentaries for Norse Mythology: Balder. " http: //www. cliffsnotes. com/Wiley. CDA/Lit. Note/id 83, page. Num-104. html Back Next Start

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