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| | Norse mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Norse or Scandinavian mythology refers to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. | | | The Norse gods were mortal, and only through Iðunn's apples could they hope to live until Ragnarök. | | | Since the Christian hell resembled the abode of the dead in Norse mythology one of the names was borrowed from the old faith, Helvite i.e. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology
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| | Norse |
| | In Norse mythology, Loki was one of the Aesir (the principal gods), but the cause of dissension among the gods, and the slayer of Balder. | | | In Norse mythology, Gullveig was the thrice-born and thrice-burnt virgin. | | | In Norse mythology, Aegir is the god of the sea. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/me4/brimstoneonline00/norse1.htm
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| | Norse Religion |
| | Norse Wicca is a synthetic religion that is based out of Gardnerian Wicca, using the Norse pantheon of deities. | | | Norse Religion, or Heathenry, is the modern-day practice of the ancient tribal belief systems of the Northern European peoples; the Teutons (continental Germanic tribes) and the Norse (Scandinavian and Gothic tribes). | | | Because it is a synthetic religion, many practitioners of Norse Wicca frequently "borrow" elements from other religious practices and pantheons; thus you now have Runic studies mixed in with Native American traditions, or Norse deities wedded to Egyptian archetypes among members of the more "electic" forms of this worship. |
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http://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/norse_religion.htm
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| | Norse Mythology |
| | Another important Norse god was LOKI the author of all evil, who was said to have originated in a land to the south. | | | One of Odin's sons in Norse mythology was called, 'BALDER,' which Hislop states comes from the Chaldee form of "Baal- zer", meaning the SEED OF BAAL. | | | It has also been established that the Norse religion involved worship in sacred groves, which were trees planted to simulate the walls of a temple. |
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http://www.1335.com/normyth.html
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| | Norse Mythology |
| | Norse mythology, Scandinavian mythology, Viking mythology; all refer to the pre-Christian religion of the Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, and Danish peoples. | | | Tolkien was very well acquainted with Norse mythology, as can be seen by the use of it in his books. | | | There has been much research trying to discern the true ancient religion as practiced by the people of the Scandinavian countries as opposed to the representation we are given in the written sources. |
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http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/mythology.html
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| | The Norse |
| | The Norse emigrants often quickly adopted the language, culture, and even religion of the areas they settled. | | | It was among Icelanders that Norse religion held on the longest—the Icelanders were not converted to Christianity until 1000 when the Norwegian king, Olafr Tryggvason, sent missionaries to Iceland and held several Icelanders hostage in order to force conversions. | | | The raiding parties that came and went retained their language, religion, and social organization, but the Norse emigrants rapidly assimilated to the local populations. |
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http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MA/NORSE.HTM
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| | ASATRU (Norse Heathenism) |
| | Its followers have maintained it as closely as possible to the original religion of the Norse people. | | | It is not unknown for otherwise decent religions to become corrupted by incorporating racist, sexist, anti-semitic, and homophobic beliefs. | | | Since the early 1970's, the religion has been in a period of rapid growth in the former Norse countries, as well as in Europe and North America. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/asatru.htm
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| | Gods and Goddesses of the Norse |
| | However, even when he seems cruel, his purpose is always clear: to strengthen the hosts of the gods for the last battle so that life and knowledge can be preserved and the new world born after the old is destroyed. | | | However, there are hints associating him with the Thing (the judgement-assembly of the Germanic peoples) and suggesting strongly that he may originally have been a god of justice. | | | Old Norse Ullr, Anglo-Saxon Wuldor, Primitive Norse Wulþur. |
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http://members.tripod.com/MysticalWolf/norsegods.html
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| | The Gods and Goddesses of the Norse Religion |
| | Purists of the Norse Religion may scoff at the idea of associating the various Gods and Goddesses to a system that was not originated by the Norse. | | | The Gods and Goddesses of the Norse Religion | | | She is married to Njord, the gloomy Sea God, noted for his beautiful bare feet (which is how Skadi came to choose him for her mate.) Supposedly the bare foot is an ancient Norse symbol of fertility. |
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http://www.wizardrealm.com/norse/gods.html
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| | Encyclopedia4U - Norse Saga - Encyclopedia Article |
| | The Old Norse word saga is related to the word segja, English to say meaning what is said, or told. | | | Most were written down between 1190 to 1320, many certainly existing as oral traditions long before. | | | It is easy, in our "enlightened" 21st century world to criticize. |
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http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/n/norse-saga.html
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| | Old Norse Names |
| | According to the pagan view the name was a part of the personality, or rather the name in some mysterious way represented the spiritual and intellectual element of the individual for whom it stood. | | | If one or more of the grandparents were dead the old belief would practically decree it and filial love would perpetuate the practice after the belief no longer existed in its old form. | | | While certainly people were aware of the meanings of these words which continued being used in the everyday language, some name-elements are derived from archaic words which were present in the most ancient Germanic roots of Old Norse, but which were no longer commonly in use. |
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http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONNames.htm
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| | The Norse Runes |
| | The chief Norse god, Odin, was said to have been voluntarily wounded with a spear and hung for nine nights on the nine worlds of Norse cosmology's axle-tree, Yggdrasil, in order to obtain knowledge of the Runes' meanings and magical uses--a kind of Norse shamanic initiation. | | | They are not the definitions of a Norse scholar, nor a modern day godhi or gytha (Norse priest or priestess) but those of a novelist and an astrologer. | | | They rule the past, present and future, and even the Norse gods and goddesses were said to be subject to them. |
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http://www.stevenforrest.com/runes.html
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| | Learning Old Norse |
| | This is the "Bible" of Old Norse used in many university courses. | | | The early part of the book is a series of extracts in Old Norse followed by a rather full but terse grammar. | | | Old Norse Sentences - some simple sentences with translatins. |
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http://has55.www9.50megs.com/OldIcel/LearningOldNorse.html
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| | The Masks of Odin by Elsa-Brita Titichenell (Edda, ancient norse |
| | The world's oldest traditions hold that long ago all peoples, however widely separated, were the common inheritors of a body of sacred truths initially imparted to the earliest humanities by divine beings from higher regions; and, further, that myth-makers of every land were in greater or less degree transmitters of this archaic wisdom/science. | | | Browsing through the verses and delighting in their picturesque "kennings," I was enjoying the quaint turns of phrase when suddenly, as by a lightning bolt, I was struck by a dazzling flash of meaning, a hint of basic truth. | | | Against this backdrop the author undertakes to interpret some of the more important sagas of the Norse Edda, retranslating them from the Swedish text and comparing it with the original Icelandic. |
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http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/odin/odin-hp.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Gods and Myths of Northern Europe |
| | Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs by John Lindow | | | Those who seek a "Norse" Wicca, will do well to read about the Vanir, Freyr and Freyja. | | | Davidson provides an accessible, scholarly overview of Norse deities and mythology. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140136274?v=glance
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| | GR Burgess's Old Norse Page |
| | Old Norse is the language spoken and written by the inhabitants of Scandinavia around 1000 A.D. and earlier. | | | Netútgáfan - here is the text of all the Sagas online - all of them in original Old Norse (the spelling has been normalized, or standardized) Not as enjoyable as reading them in a nice book - but they're all there. | | | Old Norse for Beginners - Old Norse lessons on the internet, finally. |
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http://odin.bio.miami.edu/norse
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| | HAROLD NORSE - BRIEF BIO |
| | Norse has impeccable literary polish." Carl Solomon, American Book Review, Sept.-Oct. 1990 on Memoirs of a Bastard Angel. | | | That year City Lights published Norse's Hotel Nirvana: Selected Poems, establishing him among the leading Beat poets. | | | His manuscripts are housed at the Lilly Library, Special Collections, Indiana University, Bloomington. |
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http://www.beatmuseum.org/norse/haroldnorse.html
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| | Northvegr - Northern European Studies Texts |
| | A collection of essays, translations, original poetry and more, on Norse Mythology and Religion. | | | A 13th century text in Old Norwegian, in which a father instructs his son on the path to wise and virtuous behavior. | | | A general survey of the pre-Christian Heathen religion. |
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http://www.northvegr.org/lore/main.php
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| | Norse Ballads of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| | A drapa is an Old Norse poetic form used for hymns of praise. | | | Thangbrand the Priest Goes to Iceland, written about 1225 by Snorri Sturluson. | | | For more information about the Norse Thunder God, see Thor's Home Page |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/longfellow.html
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Norse Magic (World Magic Series) |
| | What I do have a problem with is when one obviously did enough research on the Norse religion to know that it has very little in common with Wicca, and still claim that the Norse were Wiccan. | | | I have no problem with Wicca as a religion, nor with those that admit it when they plaster other people's gods and goddesses onto Wicca. | | | It's more wiccan than Norse, and any Astaru worshiper would be appalled at how Conway writes. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0875421377?v=glance
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| | Behind the Name: Norse Mythology Names |
| | Old Norse form of the name of the Germanic god Tiwaz, related to Indo-European dyeus (see ZEUS)... | | | Means "wand elf" in Old Norse, from the elements gandr "wand, staff, cane" and álfr "elf"... | | | From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore"... |
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http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/sca-myth.html
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| | Timeless Myths: Norse Mythology |
| | Timeless Myths and Norse Mythology were created by Bladesmaster. | | | The pages devoted to Norse and Teutonic mythology, has been divided into three section: | | | Norse Mythology is a division of Timeless Myths. |
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http://www.timelessmyths.com/norse
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| | Norse on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Old Norse is also noteworthy as the language of the Eddas and sagas (see Old Norse literature ; Icelandic literature). | | | The earliest extant Old Norse manuscripts in the Roman alphabet are from the 12th cent. | | | It was first written in runes, some examples of which go back to the 3d cent. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/N/Norse.asp
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| | Norse Mythology |
| | Norse mythology and the lives of the saints. | | | Wright-Mabie, Hamilton Norse Mythology: Great Stories from the Eddas. | | | Related content from HighBeam Research on: Norse Mythology |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197623.html
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| | Civilization.ca - Canada Hall - The Norse |
| | They were likely descendants of chieftains who were forced to seek new land in the ninth century. | | | At the end of the ninth century, a gradual migration began across the North Atlantic. | | | The clothing, jewellery, and tools used by the Norse indicate that they were not peasants, but rather members of the prosperous yeoman farming class. |
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http://www.civilization.ca/hist/canp1/ca01eng.html
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| | Runes, Alphabet of Mystery |
| | - The runes are inextricably bound to Norse mythology. | | | - The religion honoring the ancient Norse Gods lives today. | | | He taught rune magic to Freya and learned Seidr from her. |
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http://www.sunnyway.com/runes
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| | The Norse Discovery of America Index |
| | Norse Voyages In The: Tenth And Following Centuries | | | Regardless, the texts in this three-part volume open up a window into a vivid era, and give glimpses of religion, society and travel in the period when the Norse were actively exploring the North Atlantic. | | | This is a collection of texts relating to the voyages of the Norse west to America. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/nda/index.htm
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| | The Eddas |
| | Whatever the meaning of the word, students of Norse mythology would be lost without the Eddas. | | | It consists of a story in which Gylfi asks three chieftains -- High One, Just-as-high, and Third -- questions about Norse mythology. | | | Oddi is the name of a place Snorri Sturluson was educated. |
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http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/edda.html
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| | Loki: A Paean in Progress |
| | Most of the other Gods and Goddesses are relatively static: they do not change over time, nor do they alter according to their experiences. | | | Even though he has already played a part in Baldr's sojourn in Hel, his oath of blood-brotherhood with the All-father secures him a place at Aegir's feast, above the objections of the other Gods and Goddesses. | | | Loki is quite probably the most dynamic figure in Norse mythology - one of the few dynamic characters, along with Odin. |
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http://loki.ragnarokr.com/pipindex.htm
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| | Encyclopedia Mythica: Norse mythology |
| | The main sources for Norse mythology, Indo-European in origin, are the Icelandic Eddas. | | | The shaping of Norse mythology itself took place in Germanic Europe, including those elements of the myths which were current in Scandinavia in the millenium before that. |
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http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse
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| | AllRefer.com - Old Norse literature (Scandinavian Literature) - Encyclopedia |
| | Eddic writings (see Edda) were condensations of ancient lays, in alliterative verse (see alliteration), on old gods and heroes. | | | Old Norse literature, the literature of the Northmen, or Norsemen, c.850–c.1350. | | | Many of the heroic lays involve the legend of Siegfried and Brunhild; the mythological lays, focusing on Norse gods, include "The Lay of Thrym," a narrative about Thor, and "The Seeress' Prophecy," which begins with creation and anticipates the gods' demise. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/O/OldNorse.html
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| | Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology - Tyr and Zisa (Page 1) |
| | In modern times, Týr has attracted his share of folks who accord him especial honor. | | | Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology - Tyr and Zisa (Page 1) | | | By: William Bainbridge, elder Ring of Troth, as excerpted from Our Troth. |
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http://www.normanniireiks.org/guilds_lore/lore/encyclopedia/t/tyr1.htm
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| | Saga |
| | [Old Norse saga (related to segja, "to say") means "what is said, or told". | | | He arranges and recounts the legends of Norse mythology in an entertaining way. |
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http://www.cyberclip.com/Katrine/NorwayInfo/words/saga.html
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| | Norse Mythology Pictures |
| | Norse Mythology Pictures is especially dedicated to Heathens and Asatru-folk for their spiritual and aesthetic appreciation. | | | Dedicated to all the Norse Gods and Good Wights | | | This menu is a listing of all Norse Mythology Pictures on this site, arranged by category. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~norsemyths/norsemyths.html
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| | Valkyrie , Norse Mythology |
| | The Aesir family of Gods were the chief gods of Norse Mythology... | | | Odin, a god of war, was also associated with learning, wisdom, poetry, and magic. | | | Fragments of legends are sometimes preserved in old inscriptions and in later folklore. |
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http://home4.inet.tele.dk/svava/valkyrie.htm
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| | Heathen Creative Writing |
| | Oh well, I'm sure that the Aardvark is one of the Vanir's (Norse Nature Deities) Beasties anyway! | | | This site contains information on Norse/Germanic pre-Christian Religion, Rune work (including Rune-of-the-Month, my online book on Runes), Seidhr (Norse "shamanism," very roughly speaking), the Hammerstead Kindred Blot Book (all these are linked from the Asatru Information page), and much more! | | | Welcome to Jordsvin's Norse Heathen Pages, formerly the Hammerstead Kindred Web Page. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~jordsvin
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| | Norse Mythology Page |
| | A collection of some of the stories of Norse mythology | | | A page containing some information on the Norse gods and goddesses | | | This is a genealogy of the Norse pantheon I compiled from various sources. |
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http://todd.reimer.com/norse.html
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| | Norse Sagas Portal |
| | The links above come from these sites, which are excellent sources for saga texts :- | | | While I was searching, I also came across the following related links :- | | | Source texts for many medieval and classical manuscripts, not just Norse sagas. |
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http://www.nutcote.demon.co.uk/sagas.html
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| | Norse - definition of Norse by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Norse - definition of Norse by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. | | | In old Norse times, the thrones of the sea-loving Danish kings were fabricated, saith tradition, of the tusks of the narwhale. | | | Norse - of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language; "Norwegian herring" |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Norse
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| | Norse mythology at Norse-Myths.com :: Home |
| | Here, it's all Norse Mythology through and true. | | | I can't complete the Norse mythology picture gallery in time! | | | You won't find anything on Scandinavian heroes, but you will find plenty on the Norse gods and goddesses, the giants, dwarfs and the tales they are involved in. |
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http://www.norse-myths.com
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| | Heimskringla (DL SunSITE) |
| | The priest Are Frode (the learned), a son of Thorgils the son of Geller, was the first man in this country who wrote down in the Norse language narratives of events both old and new. | | | The text of this edition is based on that published as "Heimskringla: A History of the Norse Kings" (Norroena Society, London, 1907), except for "Ynglinga Saga", which for reasons unknown is curiously absent from the Norroena Society edition. | | | To this he added many other subjects, such as the lives and times of kings of Norway and Denmark, and also of England; beside accounts of great events which have taken place in this country itself. |
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http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Heimskringla
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| | THORSHOF |
| | The articles on this site cover the most popular cults of the old Icelandic faith, Thor Freyr, Freyja and Frigg. | | | Thorshof is the Norse word for a temple of Thor, the best loved god of the pagan Icelanders. |
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http://www.thorshof.org
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| | Internet_Resources_For_Learning_Old_Norse |
| | Old Norse For Beginners - main web site | | | Hopefully as I find time, I will update with more links as I find them. | | | This page is a preliminary effort to collect together some internet resources for learning Old Norse. |
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http://has55.www9.50megs.com/OldIcel/Internet_Resources_For_Learning_Old_Norse.html
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| | Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas |
| | Thor's Home Page, a collection of links relating to the Thunder God. | | | The Norse Mythology Web Page, a summary by Nicole Cherry of the California Institute of Technology. | | | Illustrations, stories, facts, and links concerning the ship culture of the Vikings. |
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http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/mythlinks.html
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| | Norse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Old Norse language, the Germanic language in use from 800 A.D. to 1300 A.D. Norse art, Scandinavian art of period 400 A.D. to 1066 A.D. and sometimes of the pre-historic period 1700 B.C. to 500 B.C. This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. | | | Proto-Norse language, the Indo-European language in use from 100 B.C. to 800 A.D., predecessor of Old Norse | | | Norse is an adjective relating things to Scandinavia and may be used in a number of ways: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse
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| | The Original Valkyries: A history of the Norse Goddesses |
| | She is the Norse goddess of love, fertility, and beauty, sometimes identified as the goddess of battle and death. | | | The name in Old Norse, valkyrja, means literally, "chooser of the slain." The Valkyrie is related to the Celtic warrior-goddess, the Morrigan, who likewise may assume the form of the raven. | | | The Original Valkyries: A history of the Norse Goddesses |
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http://www.dolls-n-daggers.com/Valkyrie.html
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| | Hurstwic: Norse Mythology |
| | In Gylfaginning, Snorri Sturluson enumerates the twelve gods and the thirteen goddesses who, together with Óðin and his wife Frigg, make up the Norse pantheon. | | | Stories survive for some of the gods, preserved in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and other Icelandic manuscripts. | | | Most were created during the Romantic era at the turn of the last century when there was a resurgence of interest across Europe in the Norse mythology. |
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http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/mythology/myths/text/myths.htm
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| | The Norse in the North Atlantic: Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage |
| | The Norse who came to Newfoundland were not fierce raiders in search of pillage and plunder. | | | Artifacts found at L'Anse aux Meadows show that some women must have been present. | | | Yet the Norse who came to Newfoundland were not fierce raiders in search of pillage and plunder. |
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http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html
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