Wikibooks: Mythology/Norse Mythology
= Norse culture and language basics of Norse mythology = Norse mythology refers to the pre Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian people. It is the most well known version of the older mythology common to the germanic tribes including the closely related anglo saxon mythology. The language spoken dur...
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| Summary: | = Norse culture and language basics of Norse mythology = Norse mythology refers to the pre Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian people. It is the most well known version of the older mythology common to the germanic tribes including the closely related anglo saxon mythology. The language spoken during the period that the norse gods were worshipped was Old Norse. By the time this language split up into different languages (not including dialects) Christianity had taken root in much of Northern Europe. = Sources = Originally much of Norse mythology consisted of spoken legends told from the elders and parents to the children and that way passed on. However some of it is written like the Eddas and the first part of Heimskringla (written by Snorri Sturlason between 1220 and 1230 on Iceland) which is also known as The Norwegian King Sagas as it tells about the Norwegian kings and their supposed relation to the Gods. The original title of this work is not known as the oldest version lacks the title page and starts with Kringla Heimsis . Other than this there are also runestones which for practical reasons cannot contain very much information and the surviving myths and folklore. = The universe as seen by the believers of norse mythology = The universe was believed to be a collection of flat circular discs known as the nine worlds. The worlds were Alfheim World of the Light Elves Asgard World of the Aesir Jotunheim World of the Giants. Midgard Home of mankind. Muspelheim World of fire and the fire giants home of the giant Surt. Nidavellir Home of the Dwarves Niflheim World of the ice and that of the dead which is also known as Hell. Svartalfheim World of the Dark Elves Vanaheim Home of the Vanir All the nine worlds were connected by the World Tree or Yggdrasill the roots and branches connecting the different worlds. In Niflheim the dead resided. However unlike the stories known today of Hell (notice Hel versus hell ) Niflheim was a material place located in connection with the other worlds. Surrounding Midgard it was ... |
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