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1 ANGLO- SAXON NORSE MYTHOLOGY

2 YGGDRASIL

3 NIFFLEHEIM Ice

4 Muspelheim Fire

5 GINUNGAGAP Gaping pit of void where fire and ice meet

6 Ymir Ymir was formed at the beginning of creation in a place called Niffleheim

7 JOTEN Hornless ice cow

8 HODER Blind god

9 9 worlds

10 ASGARD Viking Heaven Upper earth

11 VALHALLA Mead hall in heaven

12 SKALDIC MEAD Served in Valhalla

13 JOTENHEIM Land of the Frost Giants

14 VALKERIES Warrior maidens Choosers of the Dead

15 WELL OF WISDOM Odin paid the lady of the well an eyeball for his wisdom

16 RAGNAROC Final Battle End of the world

17 ODIN Head of all the gods

18 SLEIPNER Odin’s horse

19 ODIN

20 THOR Carries a hammer God of thunder

21 TYR God of War

22 BRAGI God of Poetry and Eloquence

23 BALDER Very Beautiful God Mother Nature’s son

24 LOKI Half frost giant/ half norse god God of mischief

25 FENRIS Loki’s child Giant wolf

26 HELA Loki’s child Goddess of the dead

27 Mistletoe Hod wanted to play

28 MIDGARD Middle earth Norse name for earth

29 MIDGARD SERPENT Loki’s child Snake encircling bottom of tree that holds up universe

30 FRIGGA Odin’s wife Friday

31 SIGFRIED, SIGURD, SIGMUND, BRUNHILDA Mortal heroes of Norse Mythology

32 SAGA Genealogical poem (Family Tree) 400 Generations from memory

33 ELDER EDDA Book/Source of all Norse myths

34 RUNES Magic writing

35 CELTS Original inhabitants of England

36 ANGLES, SAXONS, JUTES Three tribes which invaded England

37 HAROLD English leader Lost battle against William Arrow in the eye

38 WILLIAM French leader invaded England Defeated Harold in The Battle of Hastings Ended Anglo-Saxon Period in 1066

39 WYRD A belief in fate

40 SCOP, SKALD Professional poet storyteller who lives in every tribe

41 ALFRED THE GREAT Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

42 VENERABLE BEDE Writer of the History of the English Church and people Only people who could read and write

43 KENNING Whale-road, ring-bearer, shepard of evil


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