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Nine Realms – Mythopedia The Nine Realms, or worlds, were the geographical building blocks of Norse cosmology Each realm was located on Yggdrasil, the world tree, and only the most intrepid gods and mortals could travel between them
Poetic Edda: Hyndluljoth (Full Text) - Mythopedia Freyja spake: “Maiden, awake! wake thee, my friend, My sister Hyndla, in thy hollow cave! Already comes darkness, and ride must we To Valhall to seek the sacred hall [1] “The favor of Heerfather seek we to find, To his followers gold he gladly gives; To Hermoth gave he helm and mail-coat, And to Sigmund he gave a sword as gift [2] “Triumph to some, and treasure to others, To many
Hel (Realm) – Mythopedia Hel was the lowest of the Nine Realms in Norse mythology, resting place of the vast majority of the dead Ruled by the cold and uncaring goddess Hel, when Ragnarök came, she would unleash the dead upon the living
Freya – Mythopedia Freya was the arrestingly beautiful Norse goddess of blessings, love, and fertility A member of the Vanir tribe known for her skill in divination, she could be both a gentle ruler and a fierce warrior
Thor – Mythopedia Thor was the fiercest of Norse deities, god of thunder and lightning and always raring for a fight Wielding his powerful hammer Mjölnir, he defeated many monsters and jötnar in service of the Aesir
Jotunheim – Mythopedia Jotunheim was the Norse realm where the jötnar, non-human and non-divine creatures like giants and trolls, lived It was a place of lawlessness and destruction, and the chaotic jötnar and order-loving gods fought constantly
Njord – Mythopedia Ruler of the Vanir tribe of Norse gods, Njord led his people in battle against the Aesir The patron of seafarers and father of Freyr and Freya, he was one of the only gods predicted to survive Ragnarök
Prose Edda: Skáldskaparmál (Full Text) - Mythopedia Freyja alone dared pour for him; and he vowed that he would drink all the ale of the Æsir But when his overbearing insolence became tiresome to the Æsir, they called on the name of Thor
Poetic Edda: Thrymskvitha (Full Text) - Mythopedia Wrathful was Freyja, and fiercely she snorted, And the dwelling great of the gods was shaken, And burst was the mighty Brisings’ necklace: “Most lustful indeed should I look to all If I journeyed with thee to the giants’ home ” [10] Then were the gods together met, And the goddesses came and council held, And the far-famed ones a plan