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Tag: A to Z Challenge

Afterthoughts About the 2018 A to Z Challenge
May 9, 2018 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Afterthoughts About the 2018 A to Z Challenge

I thoroughly enjoyed putting together my 26 posts on Norse Mythology during this year’s A to Z Blogging Challenge. So […]

Þ is for Þórr
April 30, 2018 3 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Þ is for Þórr

Thor (Old Norse Þórr, Old English Đunor, Old High German Donar, Proto-Germanic *Þunraz, “Thunder”[1]) is one of the most prominent figures in Norse mythology. […]

Y is for Yggdrasill
April 28, 2018 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

Y is for Yggdrasill

At the center of the Norse spiritual cosmos is an ash tree, Yggdrasil (pronounced “IG-druh-sill”; Old Norse Askr Yggdrasils), which grows out […]

V is for Valhöll
April 27, 2018 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

V is for Valhöll

Valhalla (pronounced “val-HALL-uh”; Old Norse Valhöll, “the hall of the fallen”[1]) is the hall where the god Odin houses the dead whom he deems […]

V is for Vanir “Njord’s Desire of the Sea” by W.G. Collingwood (1908)
April 26, 2018 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

V is for Vanir

The Vanir (Old Norse Vanir, pronounced “VAN-ear”) are one of the two principal tribes of deities featured in Norse mythology. (The […]

U is for Ullr
April 25, 2018 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

U is for Ullr

Ullr (pronounced “ULL-er,” often Anglicized as “Ull,” and also occasionally referred to as “Ullinn”) is an obscure and enigmatic Norse […]

T is for Týr
April 24, 2018 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

T is for Týr

Tyr (pronounced like the English word “tier”; Old Norse Týr, Old English Tiw, Old High German *Ziu, Gothic Tyz, Proto-Germanic *Tiwaz, “god”[1][2]) is a Norse war […]

S is for Sleipnir
April 23, 2018 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

S is for Sleipnir

Sleipnir (pronounced “SLAYP-neer”; Old Norse Sleipnir, “The Sliding One”) is the eight-legged horse of the god Odin. Sleipnir is one of Odin’s many shamanic helping […]

R is for Ragnarøk
April 21, 2018 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

R is for Ragnarøk

Ragnarok (Old Norse Ragnarök, “The Doom of the Gods”) is the name the pre-Christian Norse gave to the end of their mythical […]

O is for Oðinn
April 20, 2018 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

O is for Oðinn

Odin (pronounced “OH-din”; Old Norse Óðinn, Old English and Old Saxon Woden, Old High German Wuotan, Wotan, or Wodan, Proto-Germanic *Woðanaz, “Master of Ecstasy”) is one of […]

N is for Nornir
April 19, 2018 4 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

N is for Nornir

In Norse mythology, the Norns (pronounced like “norms” with an “n” instead of the “m”; Old Norse Nornir) are three female divine […]

M is for Mjölnir
April 18, 2018 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

M is for Mjölnir

Sindri then put iron on the hearth, and told Brokkr that, for this next working, they must be especially meticulous, […]

M is for Miðgarðr
April 17, 2018 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

M is for Miðgarðr

Midgard (Old Norse Miðgarðr, Gothic midjungards, Old English middangeard, Old Saxon middilgard, Old High German mittilgart or mittangard, Proto-Germanic *meðjanagarðaz,[1][2] “Middle Enclosure”) is one of the Nine Worlds of Norse mythology […]

L is for Loki
April 16, 2018 3 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

L is for Loki

Loki (pronounced “LOAK-ee;” Old Norse Loki . . .) is the wily trickster god of Norse mythology. –from Norse Mythology for Smart People by Daniel McCoy […]

K is for Kvasir
April 14, 2018 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

K is for Kvasir

At the conclusion of the Aesir-Vanir War, the Aesir and Vanir gods and goddesses sealed their truce by spitting into a great vat. From their […]

J is for Jötunheim
April 13, 2018 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Blogging

J is for Jötunheim

Jotunheim (pronounced “YO-tun-hame;” Old Norse Jötunheimr, “World of the Giants”) is one of the Nine Worlds, and, as the name implies, the homeland […]

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