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Norse Mythology
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In summation, if you are looking for a simple recitation of the basic stories that comprise Norse Mythology, look elsewhere. This is not a simple book. The massive amount of information is intended to be used as a tool to explore ideas and texts related to Norse mythology. But it is not a difficult book, either. The entries are neither dry nor tedious, and one does not need to be a serious student of all things Norse to appreciate the lively and evocative prose of Dr. Lindow. In fact, those entries that explore divergent and contradictory meanings, which could easily prove to be the most convoluted, often turn out to be the most entertaining.
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In Norse mythology Ymir is a giant. In the beginning there was just Ymir and Ginnunggap. Ymir was slain by Odin, Vili and Ve and out of his blood they made the sea, out of his flesh the earth and out of his bones the rocks and out of his skull the cavity of heaven.
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[T]o Greek and Roman mythology in its appeal to later centuries is the Norse and Teutonic mythology. The Norsemen, including all Scandinavians, and the Teutons, were descended from Indo-Europeans, as were the Greeks, and there are striking similarities in their myths. The Norse myths, transmitted by word of mouth, were not written down until the 13th century. At the time, a number of heroic and mythological poems were collected and recorded in Iceland. These poems, called the Elder, or Poetic, Edda, had been composed between the years 800 A.D. and 1200. The Younger Edda, written in prose around 1222, is the principal source of information about Norse Mythology.
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Norse mythology, Viking mythology or Scandinavian mythology refer to the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people. It is the best-known version of the older common Germanic mythology, which ... includes the closely related Anglo-Saxon mythology. Germanic mythology, in its turn, had evolved from an earlier Indo-European mythology.
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In Norse mythology, Tyr was the god of war and athletic sports. Tyr had one hand bitten off by the wolf Fenris, after he put it in the wolve's mouth as a pledge of security when the wolf allowed himself to be bound in a net until the judgement day.
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Spelling of names in Norse mythology often varies depending on the nationality of the source material. In the articles presented here, several common forms of the names will be presented. For more information see Old Norse orthography.
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