NORSE MYTH GUIDE

DEITIES:

Heimdall:

Can hear grass grow Needs only as much sleep as a bird Guards Bifrost Will kill and be killed by Loki at Ragnarok Known by the names Vindhler and Gullintani Blows the Gjallarhorn to signal Ragnarok

Thor:

Wields the hammer Mjolnir Sons Magni and Modi Has a chariot pulled by ferocious goats Drank the ocean Dressed as a woman to thwart Loki Will kill and be killed by Jormungandr, the World Serpent, at Ragnarok Fishes for Jormungandr and is about to kill it when a giant cuts the line

Odin:

Allfather of Norse myth Wields spear Gungnir Has a ring called Draupnir that makes copies of itself Traded an eye for eternal wisdom Eight legged horse Sleipnir was fathered by Loki Two ravens Hugin and Munin Two wolves Geri and Freki Fathered Thor with the personification of the earth Three interlocking triangles make up his symbol Has the throne Hlidskjalf from which he can see all worlds Eaten by Fenrir at Ragnarok

Loki:

Trickster God Son of Laufey, a frost giant of Jotunnheim Kills and is killed by Heimdall Father of Narfey Wife is Siggyn Mother of Sleipnir For tricking Hodor into killing Baldur, he is forced to stay on a rock with poison dripping onto his face This dripping causes writhing in agony which causes earthquakes

Baldur:

His mother made everything in nature swear an oath not to harm him She forgets mistletoe Loki tricks Hodor into firing a mistletoe arrow at Baldur which kills him At his funeral Thor kicks a dwarf named Lit onto his funeral pyre, killing the dwarf Owned the ship Skidbladnir which could fold up into a smaller ship that would fit in his pocket

Ragnarok:

Apocalypse of Norse myth Starts with the death of Baldur Most gods die Remaining gods repopulate the earth New golden age begins

Valhalla:

Norse palace Has a boar which is killed every day to feed its residents The rainbow bridge Bifrost connects to it Has 540 doors Roof is thatched with shields During its building to prevent the wall from being built Loki took the form of a mare, which was then impregnated by another horse and then Loki gave birth to Sleipnir

STORIES:

The Story of Baldur:

Previously described Basically Baldur's mother makes all of nature swear not to hurt him but forgets mistletoe. Of course Loki wants to exploit this like a total douche and tricks Hodor into firing a mistletoe arrow at Baldur, killing him

The Story of Brisingamen

Loki steals Freya's necklace Brisingamen and turns into a seal to hide. Heimdall is enlisted to chase after him He also becomes a seal They have an epic seal battle and Heimdall wins He returns the necklace to Freya

Yggdrasil:

Huge tree that connects the nine realms Odin hung himself from the tree for days on end to gain knowledge Name means "Odin's Gallows" The wyrm dragon Nidhoggr and an unnamed eagle have conversations by making Ratatoskr the squirrel run up and down the tree delivering messages A bunch of stags live in the tree Yggdrasil is destroyed at Ragnarok