Norse Myths

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Norse Myths
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Vikings - - Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland
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The Great ABYSS

• Eventually, the fire Ice mixed in the Abyss.
• A mist rose from the gap froze to create an ice
  giant named YMIR.
• An enormous cow was also created to nourish him

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Ymir created more giants who ruled over the world

• ICE COVERED THE WHOLD WORLD.

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Viking Family Tree
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From the salty ice block licked by the cow, the
first god BURI emerged

• Soon more giants appeared.
• More giants were born
• There was a struggle between the giants the
  gods
• The struggle continued until the
• birth of ODIN his 2 brothers
• VILI VE.
• There father was BORR

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Odin Creates the Universe

• 1st EARTH MIDGARD from Ymirs flesh
• Ymirs blood SEA
• Body land
• Skull entrance to heavens
• Odin created a dwarf race from the maggots within
  Ymirs body

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ODIN his Brothers ruled over everything soon
created the first human beings

• From a branch of an ash tree - a man named ASKR
• From the branch of an elm tree a woman named
  Embia
• They were both placed in Midgard from them grew
  the human race

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YGGDRASIL, the World Tree
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9 worlds existed within a world tree named
Yggdrasil(egg-draw-sill)

• Asgard, the realm of the gods was a top, Midgard
  in the middle Hel at its roots.
• The realms of the dwarfs the frost giants also
  existed within the tree
• The Yggdrasil tree had 3 large roots, each one of
  which dipped into 3 different wells.

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ODIN the mightiest god
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Odin
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THOR the Thunderer
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Thor son of Odin
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Odin was married to FRIGGAand had a son BALDER

• They lived in VALHALLA with Odin and all the
  slain warriors.

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FREYA- goddess of love beauty
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Freya warrior goddess
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Frey Freyas twin brother
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TYR - ancient god of War the Lawgiver
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LOKI, the Trickster
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HEIMDALL the handsome godGuardian of Bifrost,
the rainbow bridge leding to Asgard, home of the
gods
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SKADI goddess of Winter of the Hunt
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ASGARD
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Norse gods were mortal, and other through
IDUNNs Apples could they hope to live until
Ragnarok
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RAGNAROK doomsdayTwilight of the Gods