norse mythology
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1. the mythology of Scandinavia (shared in part by Britain and Germany) until the establishment of Christianity (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | mythology, |
| definition | : | myths collectively; the body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | asgard, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | valhalla, walhalla, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | midgard, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) the abode of humans in Norse mythology (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | fafnir, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sigurd, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | aesir, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | andvari, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | vanir, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | balder, baldr, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | brage, bragi, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | elli, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | forseti, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | frey, freyr, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | freya, freyja, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | frigg, frigga, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | heimdal, heimdall, heimdallr, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | hel, hela, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | hoenir, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | hoder, hodr, hodur, hoth, hothr, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | idun, ithunn, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | jotun, jotunn, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | loki, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | mimir, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | nanna, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) wife of Balder (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | njord, njorth, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | norn, weird sister, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | odin, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sif, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sigyn, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | thor, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | tyr, tyrr, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | ull, ullr, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | vali, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | vidar, vithar, vitharr, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | fenrir, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | volund, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) a wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wieland (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | ygdrasil, yggdrasil, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | ymir, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | brunhild, brunnhilde, brynhild, |
| definition | : | a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | valkyrie, |
| definition | : | (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla (noun.person) |
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