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Norse Mythology
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Norse Mythology is a strange world. It's differed from other mythology, in that their characters and world, even in Asgard, are grave and solemn. This may all be due to the fact, even though the gods are immortal, they will be destroyed in the final battle between good and evil.
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Norse Mythology was birthed out of a cold, dreary, harsh life style. Edith Hamilton tells us in her Mythology, "This is stern stuff for humanity to live by, as stern in its totally different way as the Sermon on the Mount, but the easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind. Like the early Christians, the Norsemen measured their life by heroic standards. The Christian... looked forward to a heaven of eternal joy. The Norseman did not. But it would appear that for unknown centuries, until the Christian missionaries came, heroism was enough."
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Aegir- He is the god of the sea in Norse mythology. He was both worshipped and feared by sailors because they believed that he would occasionally appear on the surface of the water to take people, and cargo to his hall at the bottom. Sacrifices were made to please him, especially prisoners, before he sat sail. His wife is the goddess of the sea, Ran. He has nine daughters with her, who are know as the billow maidens. They wore white robes and veils.
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In Norse mythology, the story of creation begins with a land of ice, Niflheim, and a land of flames, Muspellsheim. Between the two was nothing but emptiness. Eventually, the void gave way to the melting of the ice, and the heat brought the snow to life in the form of Ymer, a giant troll.
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In Norse mythology, Freya is a goddess of love and fertility, and the most beautiful and propitious of the goddesses. She is the patron goddess of crops and birth, the symbol of sensuality and was called upon in matters of love. She loves music, spring and flowers, and is particularly fond of the elves (fairies). Freya is one of the foremost goddesses of the Vanir.
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In Norse mythology, Niflheim was a world of ice and darkness centered on an icy spring which existed before creation. As its waters met the fire of the other primeval world Muspell they formed the giant Ymir and started creation.
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