2023年3月8日 · According to most traditions, Odin fathered children with many other women. With the jötunn Jord, Odin had Thor, the hammer-wielding god who commanded thunder, lightning, and storms. With Gridr, another of the jötnar, he had the vengeful Vidarr, who according to prophecy was to rescue Odin from the brink of death during Ragnarök.

2022年12月8日 · In the course of the flyting, Loki hurled insults at most every god in attendance. He accused Frigg, Odin’s wife, of adultery with Odin’s brothers Vili and Ve, called Freya a “witch” and claims that she had an incestuous romance with her brother Freyr, boasted that he himself had sired a child with Tyr’s wife, and called Thor a coward ...

2022年12月1日 · Odin, then, had fostered Geirröth, while Frigg had fostered Agnar. Naturally, Odin praised Geirröth for his wisdom and power, but slandered Agnar: “Seest thou Agnar, thy fosterling, how he begets children with a giantess in the cave? But Geirröth, my fosterling, is a king, and now rules over his land.”

2022年12月7日 · Yggdrasil was the mythical ash tree that supported the Nine Realms of Norse mythology, giving structure to the cosmos. It was the source of ultimate wisdom, where the god Odin sacrificed mightily to gain knowledge and power.

2022年12月8日 · In the Grímnismál of the Poetic Edda, the authoritative compilation of old Norse poems, a disguised Odin described the “broad-gleaming” abode of Baldur as the most peaceful of all places: The seventh is Breithablik; Baldr has there For himself a dwelling set, In the land I know that lies so fair, And from evil fate is free.

2023年3月8日 · Freyr, of the Vanir tribe, was a Norse god of peace and prosperity. Among other things, he was associated with male virility, sunshine, and fair weather. Often depicted with an enormous phallus, Freyr was worshiped across Scandinavia (particularly in Sweden), where he was celebrated at weddings and harvest feasts.

2023年3月8日 · The name “Tyr,” meaning “a god” or even “the god,” stemmed from the Proto Indo-European *dyeus-, by way of the Proto Germanic *Tiwaz, meaning “god or deity.” This was the same root used in the names of Zeus, king of the Greek gods, and Jupiter, king of the Roman gods. Because this word was reserved for the most powerful of ...

2022年11月29日 · The Norse gods and goddesses are the array of deities honored by ancient Nordic worshipers. They primarily came from two different tribes, the Aesir and the Vanir, but were united in their efforts to fight the jötnar, a tribe of giants dwelling in …

2023年3月8日 · Freya was the daughter of Njord (also Njordr), a god of the Vanir associated with the sea, sailing, fishing, wealth, and the fertility of crops. While her mother’s identity was ultimately unknown, some speculated that Freya was the daughter of Nerthus, an old Germanic deity known as a goddess of “peace and plenty."

2022年12月8日 · A mighty hall of Odin’s making, Valhalla was the seat of Asgardian power and home of the gods. The great hall proudly stood in Gladsheimr, a region within the pristine realm of Asgard . Featuring hundreds of rooms and hundreds more doors, golden Valhalla was a truly palatial fortress.