Нордиска митологија

[Goddess of Chaos]

е со оваа фамилија таа поговорка е докажана

Иначе јако е и тоа шо боговите им се смртници!

 

[inquisitor]

ахам.. да не речам, пореална фикција за разлика од останатите митологии...донекаде

 

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Жsir

A race of gods corresponding to the functions of magic, law and war.



Ask, Askr

The first man



Audhumla

A giant cow that was formed from the dripping rime produced when the world fire met the world ice. She fed Ymir and that licked salty ice blocks to revile Buri.



Bauldar, Balder

Жsir son of Odin and Frigga, who was killed by an arrow made of mistletoe shot by the blind God Hodor (who was tricked by Loki) and resurrected. His wife is Nanna. Known as the Shining God; the Bleeding God. He represents light, advice, reconciliation, beauty, gentleness, reincarnation, wisdom, harmony, happiness. Balder will return from Hel after Ragnarok and will rule as one of the new Gods. His name means "The Bright One".



Bergelmir



He and his wife were the only two Giants to survive the flood of Ymir's blood. In that way he kept the Giant race from dying.



Odhinn (Wodan)

Ruler of the Жsir, the All-Father, God of the runes, inspiration, shamanism, magic and war. God of the hanged and the Wild Hunt; God of storm, rain and harvest. A shape-shifter, he makes men mad or possessed with a blind raging fury. He produces the battle panic called "battle-fetter". Three different frenzies or madness are his gifts to humankind: the warrior in battle, the seer in trance, and the poet in creativity. Subtle, wily, mysterious and dangerous, he often ignores pacts made in honor with humans. Attended by his two ravens (Huginn and Muninn), two wolves, Freki and Geri, to whom he gives his food for he himself consumes nothing but wine, and the Valkyries. Feared by ordinary people and worshiped only by princes, poets, the berzerkers, and sorcerers. Unpredictable when invoked.



Sif

The second wife of Thor, Sif has the gift of prophecy. Sif is a swan maiden and can assume that form. She signifies summer fertility and corn. Having been married once to Orvandil, she is one of the elder race of Gods. Uller was her son from that union. Her golden hair was cut off by Loki as a trick, and replaced with hair of gold made by the Dwarves.



Skadi

Scathing Goddess of wintertime destruction, briefly married to Njord. It didn't last because she didn't like living with the Жsirs. Scandinavia is named after her--the "land of Skadi". She brings the snow which insures a good harvest and she leads the Wild Hunt. The wolf and poisonous snake are sacred to her. Her name means "Harm".



Skuld

The norn representing the future. The maiden. "That which shall be"



Surt

A Fire Giant who guards the gates of Muspellsheimr. He carries a flaming sword. His face is casted in fire, his hair is burning and boiling lava covers his body. Surt means "Black".



Thor, Thorr,

Donar

Hammer-God of thunder and lightening, agriculture and craftsmanship. Thor also is the God of defense and strength. His magic hammer is known as Mjцllnir ("Destroyer"). He is called "The Thunderer", champion of the Gods and enemy of the Giants and Trolls; protector of the common man; son of Odin and Jord. He has a magic belt called Megingjardar ("Strength Increaser") and drives a chariot pulled by two Giant male goats. Thor is a size-shifter. He is terribly heavy and hot, and he cannot cross the Bifrost bridge. He must wade through the North Sea and come around the long way.His wife is Sif. Although he is sometimes over hasty in judgment, he is a totally reliable friend and battle companion. He has wild red hair and beard, always dresses in battle dress.



Tyr, Tiwaz

The Norse god of law and justice. Tyr rules over the administration of right and honorable justice, so he is invoked for victory and is therefore an important war god. In northern mythology, it is Tyr who sacrifices his hand between the jaws of the Fenris wolf in order to save his fellows gods from destruction



Ullr

Winter God of archery, skiing and yew magic. Stepson of Thorr from a previous union between Sif and Orvandil.



Urd

The norn representing the past. The crone. "That which was"



Valkyries

"Chooser of the Fallen" (the slain).Sent by Odin into battle to select those who would go to Valhalla, lead by Freyja. Battle virgins, women trained in battle and war magic who would enter the fray with the warriors. They have raven and swan forms, choose among the slain and bring fertility to the earth.



Vanir

A race of gods corresponding to fertility.



Vј

Odhinn's brother. Or one of the three aspects of Odin



Ragnarok



Ragnarok ("Doom of the Gods"), also called Gotterdammerung, means the end of the cosmos in Norse mythology. It will be preceded by Fimbulvetr, the winter of winters. Three such winters will follow each other with no summers in between. Conflicts and feuds will break out, even between families, and all morality will disappear. This is the beginning of the end.

The wolf Skoll will finally devour the sun, and his brother Hati will eat the moon, plunging the earth [into] darkness. The stars will vanish from the sky. The cock Fjalar will crow to the giants and the golden cock Gullinkambi will crow to the gods. A third cock will raise the dead.



The earth will shudder with earthquakes, and every bond and fetter will burst, freeing the terrible wolf Fenrir. The sea will rear up because Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent, is twisting and writhing in fury as he makes his way toward the land. With every breath, Jormungand will stain the soil and the sky with his poison. The waves caused by the serpent's emerging will set free the ship Naglfar, and with the giant Hymir as their commander, the giants will sail towards the battlefield. From the realm of the dead a second ship will set sail, and this ship carries the inhabitants of hell, with Loki as their helmsman. The fire giants, led by the giant Surt, will leave Muspell in the south to join against the gods. Surt, carrying a sword that blazes like the sun itself, will scorch the earth.

Жsir
A race of gods corresponding to the functions of magic, law and war.

Ask, Askr
The first man

Audhumla
A giant cow that was formed from the dripping rime produced when the world fire met the world ice. She fed Ymir and that licked salty ice blocks to revile Buri.

Bauldar, Balder
Жsir son of Odin and Frigga, who was killed by an arrow made of mistletoe shot by the blind God Hodor (who was tricked by Loki) and resurrected. His wife is Nanna. Known as the Shining God; the Bleeding God. He represents light, advice, reconciliation, beauty, gentleness, reincarnation, wisdom, harmony, happiness. Balder will return from Hel after Ragnarok and will rule as one of the new Gods. His name means "The Bright One".

Bergelmir



He and his wife were the only two Giants to survive the flood of Ymir's blood. In that way he kept the Giant race from dying.

 

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Meanwhile, Heimdall will sound his horn, calling the sons of Odin and the heroes to the battlefield. From all the corners of the world, gods, giants, dwarves, demons and elves will ride towards the huge plain of Vigrid ("battle shaker") where the last battle will be fought. Odin will engage Fenrir in battle, and Thor will attack Jormungand. Thor will victorious, but the serpent's poison will gradually kill the god of thunder. Surt will seek out the swordless Freyr, who will quickly succumb to the giant. The one-handed Tyr will fight the monstrous hound Garm and they will kill each other. Loki and Heimdall, age-old enemies, will meet for a final time, and neither will survive their encounter. The fight between Odin and Fenrir will rage for a long time, but finally Fenrir will seize Odin and swallow him. Odin's son Vidar will at once leap towards the wolf and kill him with his bare hands, ripping the wolf's jaws apart.

 

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Then Surt will fling fire in every direction. The nine worlds will burn, and friends and foes alike will perish. The earth will sink into the sea.

After the destruction, a new and idyllic world will arise from the sea and will be filled with abundant supplies. Some of the gods will survive, others will be reborn. Wickedness and misery will no longer exist and gods and men will live happily together. The descendants of Lif and Lifthrasir will inhabit this earth.

Ragnarцk does not mean "Twilight of the Gods"; that phrase is the result of a famous mistranslation. "Ragnarцkr" or "Ragnarшkr" means "doom of the powers" or "destruction of the powers" (where "powers" means "gods").

 

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Hel e ubavica so kosa i lik polovina bela, polovina crna, a ne polovina ziva, a polovina mrtovec kako sto nekoi gresno ja prikazuvaat. Kerkana Loki i sestra na Fenrir i Jormingand.

 

[Almala]

Гарфилд, ова што го напиша за крајот на космосот све звучи толку познато со скоро сите други митови, те тера малку да размислиш дали се воделе по астрономски посматрања.

Инаку, имаш ли нешто кај што пишува за создавање на светот? Дали е пак све створено од хаос?

 

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Ne, ne e od haos, inaku, moram da odam, ama do vecer kaj i da e, ke postiram za postanokot na svetot (koj i ne e interesen kaj nordijcite). Tie poveke se zanimavaat so ragnarokot otkoku so postanokot. Postojat, nema sto da se opteretuvaat kako, imaat bogovi, imaat problemi, gi imaat site onie problemi so bogovite, poradi nivnite (na bogovite) kavgite i razmiricite, ljubomorite, zavista, poradi sto znaat deka neminovno eden den ke ima gottamerung, t.e samrak na bogovite. Poveke se optereteni so toa.

 

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Ragnarok

Ragnarok ("Doom of the Gods"), also called Gotterdammerung, means the end of the cosmos in Norse mythology. It will be preceded by Fimbulvetr, the winter of winters. Three such winters will follow each other with no summers in between. Conflicts and feuds will break out, even between families, and all morality will disappear. This is the beginning of the end.
The wolf Skoll will finally devour the sun, and his brother Hati will eat the moon, plunging the earth [into] darkness. The stars will vanish from the sky. The cock Fjalar will crow to the giants and the golden cock Gullinkambi will crow to the gods. A third cock will raise the dead.

The earth will shudder with earthquakes, and every bond and fetter will burst, freeing the terrible wolf Fenrir. The sea will rear up because Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent, is twisting and writhing in fury as he makes his way toward the land. With every breath, Jormungand will stain the soil and the sky with his poison. The waves caused by the serpent's emerging will set free the ship Naglfar, and with the giant Hymir as their commander, the giants will sail towards the battlefield. From the realm of the dead a second ship will set sail, and this ship carries the inhabitants of hell, with Loki as their helmsman. The fire giants, led by the giant Surt, will leave Muspell in the south to join against the gods. Surt, carrying a sword that blazes like the sun itself, will scorch the earth.

 

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Nordiska mitologija - nakratko, za neupatenite.

The ones aqquinted with the world of Tolkien can to some extent recognize themselves when dealing with this mythology.
According to the old tales a man with the name of Gylfe, king of Svithiod, once entered the home of the gods and there he was told how the world begun. He met with three beings which had the names: Hцg (High), Tredje (Third) and jдmnhцg (Even Height or something like that ;-). They told him how the world had been created and how everything was done. In the beginning there was the abyss (Ginnungagapet), North of this there was Nifelheim, the world of cold where Cold and Darkness rules. Frosty mists rose from the cold well of Hvergelmer. In the south there was the hot Muspelheim, a place where the being Surte ruled with a flaming sword. The mists from Hvergelmer formed the frozen stream of Elivеgor which flowed in to the Ginnungagap and filled it with ice. But at the same time flares from Muspelheim fell into the abyss and the falling drops which became the result of the mix of flares and ice formed two giant beings: A cow with the name 'Audhumbla' and a giant named 'Ymer'. Ymer got his food from the cow by means of four mouths which he used to milk the cows four nipples. Audhumbla in turn lived on the white frost ont the rocks.
Her warm breath created a man called Bure wich by some mysterious way managed to get hold of a wife (it is not described how) and they where the first of the Asa dynasty of which Oden, Vile and Ve would be the greatest.

 

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Ymer on his side created several different creatures. From his left arm a lovely couple sprung, from which the three fates Urd, Verdandi, Skuld (Guilt) and the wise Mimer came. His feet on the other hand created a three headed monster wich became the ancestor of the Rimtusarnas evil giant family.
Oden, wich destiny had choosen to become the one who would fullfill the creation, killed the giant Ymer (with help from his two brothers) and used his body as a ground for the new world. His blood became the sea (Where all the Rimtusarnas but one drowned). His skull became the sky. The bones in his sceleton became mountains, his brain the clouds and his tissues was grinded in the great mill 'Grottekvarnen', around whose main axis the universe turned, to become the dirt. The mill was driven by the giantesses Fenja and Menja. Ymers Eyebrows became a wall against the inhabitable surroundings. This new world was called Midgеrd.
The world down under was divided into three kingdoms each one with its own well. Hvergelmer, Mimers well and Urda well.From the Ginnungagap a large ash with the name 'Ygdrasil' grow. The branches of Ygdrasil covered all the then known world.In Hvergelmer the dragon Nidh”g lies and gnaws on the rots of the tree. Mimers well on the other hand is the well of wisedom, guarded by Mimer, Oden once gave his right eye for a drink of the water in this well.
At Urdawell which is guarded by the three fates the gods have their conferences each day. They ride daily over the bridge Bifrost, a bridge which shimmers in all the colours of the rainbow and is watched by the god Heimdal (also called Rig), nine mothers and nine sisters son and beholder of Gjallarhornet which is nordic tales last trump . Heimdal sleeps lighter than the bird, sees one hundred traveldays in each direction from his castle Himinbjorg and has such sharp hearing that he can hear the grass and the wool grow.
Once when Oden and his brothers where out taking a walk at the shore of the sea in Midgеrd, he found two Sceptring (?) trees with the names Ask and Embla. They set them free from the earth and gave them blood, power of motion, intelligence, will, fantasy and spirit. They where formed after their own appearence. From this couple the whole humanity evolved. The fate Urd gives every human a being called Fylgia at birth . This being are to follow her throughout his/her life.
Odens wife is called Frigg, and his sons ar called Tor and Balder. Tor is the strongest of the gods and is allways in war with the giants. He is armed with his 'strength belt' Megingjord and the hammer 'Mjцlner' which like a boomerang allways return to his hand after a throw. He is travelling through space in a wagon which is pulled by the goats 'Tandgniostr' and 'Tandgrisner'. About his fights with the giants there is a lot of fascinating stories which have the character of folklore tales and which most certainly never have been accepted by the believing. As the god of thunder he enjoyed respectfull worshiping from the believers which can be proved by among other things the surviving names on villages (Thorsvik) and in other words like 'tordцn' (The sound of lightning), torsdag (Thursday).

 

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Balder on the other hand was the god of battle but got some of the characteristics of christ when the christian faith became known in the nordic countries. There is no certain proof that he really was the focus for some serious worshipping. Any way, the story about Balder is rather fascinating. In Snorre Sturlassons Edda he was portraied as Balder the kind. He was residing in his stronghold Breidablick. He was the kindest and the justest (?) of the gods. He was therefore loved of all the living beings in the world. Therefore his mother took a promise from all the living not to hurt him and cause of this Balder was invunerable. The gods therefore used him for target pracitizing, the arrows they used just bounced of him. But there where one plant which his mother had forgotten to ask and that was the misteltoe. One of the creatures in the 'inner circle' around the gods was the devious Loke (who really was of a giant family allthough he had been taken up by the gods) who when he realized the mistake made by Balders mother, quickly made an arrow of the misteltoe and instructed Balders blind brother, Hцder, to shot it in a certain direction. The arrow hit Balder and he was promptly killed. The following story reminds a bit of the greek story where 'Persefone' and 'Prometheus' get's in more or less the same situation. The chocked gods tried to get Balder back from the kingddom of death. But failed due to the sly Loke which had disguised himself as an old woman with the name Tцck. Loke got his punishment, he was caught in the river when he was trying to escape in the shape as a salmon. He was chained with his sons (Nares) Bowels to a rock just under a jut where a viper constantly drips his venom on the poor fellows face. Sigyn, his belowed, stays with him and tries to ease the pain by collecting the venom in a bowl but when the bowl is full and she i away to empty it Loke gets the poison in his face and he trembles in his agony, and with him the rest of the world.

 

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Njord, son of a allegory daughter to Mimer with the name Natt (Night) and brother to Odens wife Frigg, belongs to a different breed called vanerna and is in the beginning in Asgеrd as hostage. He is the god of richeness and the protector of sailors. He commands the weather. His wife the skiing Skade is born in the mountains. Therefore she doesn't like beeing in Njords Stronghold 'Noatun' as she can't stand the screaming of the sea gulls. On the other hand Njord can't stand the howling from the wolfs in Skades mountains. Therefore they are living separately. Njords son is named Frej (or frц), and he rules over the fertility on earth. Frц:s sister, Freja (or Frцja) which resides in the castle Folkvang, most fittingly rules over love.

 

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After Borr's sons rolled Ymir's (Hrim-thurs or ice-giant) corpse into the great Abyss they started to remove various components of his body to make the world. From his flesh they made Midgard (middle garden) or as we know it, Earth.The solid protion of Midgard was surrounded by Ymir's blood which created the vast oceans. His bones made the hills, his flat teeth made the cliffs, and his curly hair made the trees and vegetation. When the gods were pleased with their works, they took the giant's skull and poised it above the earth and sea as a great vault of heaven. They then scattered the brains through the air to create the clouds. To support the great vault, the gods stationed the strongest dwarfs, Nordi, Sudri, Austri, Westri, in the four corner of the world, which later became our compass points North, south, east and west. At this time, the gods needed light so they used a spell from Muspells-heim to create small points of light. The brightest points of spark or light were used to make the sun and the moon, which would be pulled through the sky in two golden chariots.

 

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<b>To pull the sun chariot two steeds were chosen:- Arvakr (the early waker), and Alsvin (the rapid goer), and to protect them, they placed air under the horses skins. They also created a great shield, and called it Svalin (the cooler), and placed it between the chariot and the horses to protect the horses from the heat. The moon chariot was also provided with a steer called Alsvider (the all-swift) but no shield was require to protect the horse since the moon doesn't heat as the sun does. What was needed next were drivers to ride the chariots through the sky. Through their search they came to the giant