some Asgardian Terms
Will Dockery
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from: http://www.freetech.org/~thor/mythology/pron.htm#nine
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/temple_ofisis2
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Pronounciation guide: ss=hard s as in "sit"; gh=hard g as in "go"; ow
is as in "fowl"; a on its own as in "day". You always emphasize the
first syllable.
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Balder (BAH-der) was the son of Odin and Frigg. He was the most
gentle and beautiful of the gods. All the world grieved when he was
unwittingly slain by his twin brother Hod, who was tricked by Loki.
Bor (BOHR) was the son of Buri, the first god. Bor had three sons:
Odin, Vili, and Ve.
Bragi (BRAH-gee) was one of Odin's sons. He was god of poetry and the
husband of Idun, the keeper of the golden apples of youth.
Buri (BU-ree) was licked into being by the cow Audumla. Though called
a giant, he was the grandfather of Odin and forefather of all the
gods and goddesses.
Fjorgyn (FYOOR-gen) was the mother of Thor by Odin. She was an earth
goddess.
Frey (FRAY) was one of the Vanir, the gods of fertility. Son of Njord
and brother of Freya, he was the god of rain and harvest.
Freya (FRAY-ah) was fertility goddess. She drove a chariot pulled by
cats and had a magic falcon suit. She was the daughter of Njord and
the sister of Frey.
Frigg (FRIG) was Odin's wife and the mother of Balder and Hod. She
knew the future, but kept all that she knew to herself.
Heimdall (HAME-dahl) was a son of Odin and the guardian of the gods.
He blew his trumpet to signal the end of the world.
Hermod (HEHR-mood) was the son of Odin who rode to the land of the
dead to bring Balder and Nanna back.
Hod (HAWD) was the blind son of Odin and Frigg who unwittingly killed
his twin brother, Balder.
Idun (EE-doon) was the keeper of the golden apples of youth. She was
married to the god Bragi.
Loki (LOH-kee) was actually a giant, as he was the son of two giants.
But a blood brother (son in Marvel Universe) to Odin, he lived in
Asgard as one of the gods. Loki was a trickster and mischief maker
and brought about the end of the world.
Magni (MAHG-nee) was the young son of Thor who miraculously lifted a
giant's foot off his father's neck.
Mimir (MEE-meer) was a god who possessed great wisdom. Though his
head was severed from his body, he continued to live and guarded
Mimir's Well, whose waters were the source of great wisdom and memory.
Nanna (NAH-nah) was Balder's loyal wife. After Balder's death, she
died of grief, then traveled with him to the land of the dead.
Njord (NYOOR) was a Vanir god, or a god of fertility. He was the
father of Frey and Freya. Ruler of the seas and the wind, he married
the giantess Skadi.
Norns (NORNZ) were three maidens who could forecast the future. The
determined at the birth of every god and human whether or not the
individual would have a good life or bad life. Their names were Urd,
which means "fate"; Skuld, which means "being"; and Verdandi, which
means "necessity".
Odin (O-din) was the greatest of all the gods. He was known as the
god of war and death, the master magician, the god of poetry, and
lord of the runes. He presided over Valhalla, the Hall of the Slain.
Any warrior who died in battle became Odin's son and feasted with him
in Valhalla. Odin was the husband of Frigg and father of Bragi, Thor,
Hermod, Heimdall, Hod, and Balder.
Sif (Seef) was the wife of Thor. She had beautiful golden hair which
gleamed like ripe corn.
Sigyn (SEH-gen) was the faithful wife of Loki. She tried to ease his
terrible agony when he was punished by the gods.
Skirnir (SKEER-neer) was the messenger of the god Frey. He helped
Frey win the giantess Gerd for his bride.
Thialfi (thee-ALF-fee) was the young servant of Thor who traveled
with him to the fortress of Utgard.
Thor (THOR) was the son of Odin and husband of Sif. Strongest of all
the gods, he wielded a mighty hammer and was known as the god of
thunder.
Tyr (TEER) was the god who sacrificed his hand to the wolf Fenrir. In
old Norse literature, he was called the god of war; he was sometimes
depicted as the son of Odin, but at other times as the son of the
giant Hymir.
Valkyries (VAH-kure-reez) were warrior goddesses who rode across the
sky to the battlefields. They picked up the slain warriors and
carried them back to Valhalla, Odin's Hall of the Slain.
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Giants and Dwarves
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Brok (BROK) was the brother of the dwarf Sindri, who gave Thor his
hammer.
Gerd (GAIRD) was a beautiful frost-giantess who at first refused to
marry the god Frey.
Gunlod (GUNE-lawd) was the daughter of the giant Suttung. Guardian of
the Mead of Poetry, she gave the precious drink to Odin.
Hrungnir (HROONG-neer) was the strongest of the giants. Before he was
slain by Thor, he tried to fool the thunder god by hiding behind a
clay giant.
Hymir (HEE-meer) was a giant who owned the enormous cauldron desired
by Thor. Father of the god Tyr, he lived at the border of heaven.
Hyrrokin (HEE-rawk-keen) was a giantess who dragged Balder's boat,
Ringhorn, down to the sea.
Ivaldi (ee-VAHL-dee) was father of the two dwarves who gae three
treasures to the gods.
Logi (LOH-gee) was a giant who bet Loki in an eating contest at the
fortress of Utgard.
Skadi (SKAH-dee) was the daughter of the giant Thiazi. Judging the
gods by looking only at their feet, she chose the sea god, Njord, to
be her husband.
Sindri (SIN-dree) was a dwarf who gave three wondrous gifts to the
gods, including Thor's hammer.
Skrymir (SKREE-meer) was a trickster giant who crossed paths with
Thor on his way to the fortress of Utgard.
Suttung (SOOT-tung) was a giant who refused to give the Mead of
Poetry to the gods.
Thiazi (thee-AH-zee) was a giant who disguised himself as an eagle
and stole the golden apples of youth from the gods. Later his
daughter, Skadi, sought to avenge his death.
Thokk (THOCK) was a giantess who was actually Loki in disguise. She
refused to weep for Balder, therefore not allowing him to leave the
land of the dead.
Thrym (THRIM) was giant who stole Thor's hammer, and would only
return it on the condition that the goddess Freya marry him.
Ymir (EE-meer) was the first frost giant. he was formed out of ice
and fire. Later the gods used his body to make the universe.
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Audumla (OUD-hoom-la) was a great cow created out of the icy void. By
licking the ice, she licked Buri, forefather of all the gods, into
being.
Fenrir (FEN-reer) was one of Loki's three monstrous children. He was
a fierce wolf. He was bound by the gods until the end of the
universe, when he broke free from his fetters and fought Odin to the
death.
Goldfax (GOLD-fax), which means "gold mane", was the horse that
belonged to the giant Hrungnir. After Thor slew Hrungnir, he gave
Goldfax to Thor's young son Magni.
Hel (HEL) was the hideous offspring of Loki who ruled the realm of
the dead.
Midgard Serpent (MEED-gahrd Ser-pent) was another of Loki's three
monstrous children. It lived in the sea, its body encircling all of
Midgard.
Ratatosk (RAH-tah-tosk) was a squirrel who carried insults back and
forth between the eagle at the top of the World Tree and the serpent,
who lived under the base of the tree.
Sleipnir (SLEP-neer) was Odin's powerful eight legged horse. The
fastest steed in the nine worlds, he could fly over land and sea.
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The Nine Worlds
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Alfheim (ALF-hame) was the world of the light elves.
Asgard (AHZ-gahrd) was the world of the Aesir gods and goddess.
Jotunheim (YOH-tun-hame) was the world of the giants.
Muspell (MOOS-pel) was the world of fire.
Niflheim (NIFF-el-hame) was the world of mist and the dead.
Nidavellir (NEED-ah-vel-eer) was the world of the dwarves.
Svartalfheim (svart-ALF-hame) was the world of the dark elves.
Vanaheim (VAH-nah-hame) was the world of the Vanir gods.
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Special Things, Events, and Places
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Bifrost (BEE-frost) was the rainbow bridge, which connected the world
of humans to the world of the gods.
Bilskirnir (bill-skier-near, bil-sker-nir) was the castle of Thor.
Gungnir (GOON-near) was the magical spear of Odin.
Hlidskyalf (HLID-skyalf)
Ginnungagap (GIN-noon-guh-GAHP) was the great void between Muspell
and Niflheim before the creation of the nine worlds.
Mjolnir (mee-YOLL-neer) was Thor's mystic hammer that was
indestructible.
Ragnarok (RAHG-nah-rock) was the final battle, which destroyed all
the nine worlds.
Ringhorn (RING-horn) was Balder's funeral ship. It was the biggest
ship in the world.
Runes (ROONZ) were mysterious written symbols (18) which gave Odin
magic power over nature.
Thrymheim (THRIM-hame) was the hall of the giant Thrym.
Utgard (OOT-gahrd) was a fortress in the land of the giants.
Valhalla (vahl-HAHL-lah) was Odin's Hall of the Slain. All day the
armored heroes fought one another in the courtyard; and all night
they drank and feasted together. Set in a grove of trees in Asgard,
Valhalla had walls made of spears and a roof thatched with shields.
Each day, eight hundred heroes came and went through Valhalla's five
hundred and forty doors.
Yggdrasill (EGG-drah-sil) was the World Tree, which sheltered the
nine worlds.
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Symbols
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Norse mythology is filled with symbols, or images that represent
other things. For instance, the giants of Norse myths represent the
wild forces of nature. Sif's golden hair represents the golden wheat
harvests. The giantess Gerd symbolizes icy, wintry weather. The god
Frey symbolizes the warmth and gentleness of the spring rains. The
two ravens that sit on Odin's shoulders symbolize though and memory.
Thor's hammer represents law and order. The trickster Loki symbolizes
fire - both its good and bad aspects.
The number nine is also an important symbol in Norse mythology. Nine
worlds are encompassed by the World Tree. Odin hangs on a tree for
nine nights in order to learn the magic runes; he kills nine trolls
to help win the Mead of Poetry. The god Hermod travels for nine day
and nights to the land of the dead. The number nine often symbolizes
death and rebirth in different mythologies. Perhaps this is because
it ends the series of single numbers.
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Runes
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Runes are written symbols of a primitive alphabet, created by early
Germanic and Scandinavian tribes in Europe. "Rune" comes from the
Gothic word meaning "secret," as few people understood the mysterious
symbols. They were used as charms and healing formulas and were
carved upon drinking horns, weapons, and stones. Though the runes
were used mainly for magical purposes, some scholars believe they
were also used for legal documents, family histories, and poems.
After the Germanic people became Christian, the runic letters were
eventually replaced by the Roman alphabet.
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DAYS OF THE WEEK:
MOON DAY (Monday)
TYR'S DAY (Tuesday)
WOTEN'S DAY (Wednesday) [Germanic version of Odin]
THOR'S DAY (Thursday)
FREY'S DAY (Friday)
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Sources: "NORSE MYTHS AND LEGENDS", Cheryl Evans and Ann Millard: EDC
Publishing
"MYTHS OF THE NORSEMEN From the Eddas and Sagas", H.A. Gureber: Dover
Publications
"THE NORSE MYTHS", Kevin Crossley-Holland: Pantheon Books
"GODS AND MYTHS OF NORTHERN EUROPE", H.R. Ellis Davidson: Pelican
Books
"NORSE MYTHS", R.I. Page: University of Texas Press
"FAVORITE NORSE MYTHS", Mary P. Osborne: Scholastic Inc.,New York.
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Njygaard
Dockery) wrote:
>some Asgardian Terms
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>from: http://www.freetech.org/~thor/mythology/pron.htm#nine
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/temple_ofisis2
Ahh... A mythology primer. This is a job for... THE NITPICKER!
MOAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahhaaa...
>Pronounciation guide: ss=hard s as in "sit"; gh=hard g as in "go"; ow
>is as in "fowl"; a on its own as in "day". You always emphasize the
>first syllable.
Also: R is rolled, as in a fake russian accent, or sharp, as in
french. Your choice, though the rolling one is "default". The norse -i
endings are some places pronounced as an E, or dropped completely, as
it is a dead area of norse grammar.
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>Balder (BAH-der) was the son of Odin and Frigg. He was the most
>gentle and beautiful of the gods. All the world grieved when he was
>unwittingly slain by his twin brother Hod, who was tricked by Loki.
Balder is pronounced with a full, flat L and a clear D as in "dull".
>Bor (BOHR) was the son of Buri, the first god. Bor had three sons:
>Odin, Vili, and Ve.
Long O. As in "Loony", but with less U-sound.
>Bragi (BRAH-gee) was one of Odin's sons. He was god of poetry and the
>husband of Idun, the keeper of the golden apples of youth.
He was also god of something associated with poetry, though not as
glorified. Guess where the word "Brag" comes from :)
>Buri (BU-ree) was licked into being by the cow Audumla. Though called
>a giant, he was the grandfather of Odin and forefather of all the
>gods and goddesses.
>
>Fjorgyn (FYOOR-gen) was the mother of Thor by Odin. She was an earth
>goddess.
Also known simply as Jord "iordh", meaning "earth/farmland".
>Frey (FRAY) was one of the Vanir, the gods of fertility. Son of Njord
>and brother of Freya, he was the god of rain and harvest.
The E in Frey and Freya is an anglification of a sound which does not
exist in english. You might find it in latin as "OE". It's the Ö in
monthy python's "Möose". :)
>Freya (FRAY-ah) was fertility goddess. She drove a chariot pulled by
>cats and had a magic falcon suit. She was the daughter of Njord and
>the sister of Frey.
Interesting note: Married women are still referred to by a honorifics
which are variations over her name, like "Frau". The parallel
honorific for men, however, are forms of "master" - "herr-",
translating more literally to "bully"...
>Frigg (FRIG) was Odin's wife and the mother of Balder and Hod. She
>knew the future, but kept all that she knew to herself.
Some theorize that Snorri Sturluson messed up this part, to make
things fit his cover story. Frigg may have been considered by at least
some communities to be the wife of Ty, and be the one who actually
chained the Fenris wolf, after Ty failed by oath-breaking. Maybe she
left him for Odin when he lost his arm :)
>Heimdall (HAME-dahl) was a son of Odin and the guardian of the gods.
>He blew his trumpet to signal the end of the world.
Also the father of the three castes, or "standings" of medieval
scandianavian society. (the Thrall, the Karl and the Jarl/Earl) "Dall"
is the same word as "dale" in archaic english.
>Hermod (HEHR-mood) was the son of Odin who rode to the land of the
>dead to bring Balder and Nanna back.
>
>Hod (HAWD) was the blind son of Odin and Frigg who unwittingly killed
>his twin brother, Balder.
>
>Idun (EE-doon) was the keeper of the golden apples of youth. She was
>married to the god Bragi.
Short U, "Ee-dunn".
>Loki (LOH-kee) was actually a giant, as he was the son of two giants.
>But a blood brother (son in Marvel Universe) to Odin, he lived in
>Asgard as one of the gods. Loki was a trickster and mischief maker
>and brought about the end of the world.
Same as "loc-" in spanish "loco".
>Magni (MAHG-nee) was the young son of Thor who miraculously lifted a
>giant's foot off his father's neck.
>
>Mimir (MEE-meer) was a god who possessed great wisdom. Though his
>head was severed from his body, he continued to live and guarded
>Mimir's Well, whose waters were the source of great wisdom and memory.
Odin caused the head to come alive again, trough necromancy. Mime was
a jotun ("giant"), and not of any of the divine families.
>Nanna (NAH-nah) was Balder's loyal wife. After Balder's death, she
>died of grief, then traveled with him to the land of the dead.
>
>Njord (NYOOR) was a Vanir god, or a god of fertility. He was the
>father of Frey and Freya. Ruler of the seas and the wind, he married
>the giantess Skadi.
Not exactly fertility. He's the god of the coast, seamen and trade.
>Norns (NORNZ) were three maidens who could forecast the future. The
>determined at the birth of every god and human whether or not the
>individual would have a good life or bad life. Their names were Urd,
>which means "fate"; Skuld, which means "being"; and Verdandi, which
>means "necessity".
Urd: Ur, as in ancient, past. Skuld: becoming, "shall, should" -
"being" in the future. Verdandi: "What is" - present, "being now".
>Odin (O-din) was the greatest of all the gods. He was known as the
>god of war and death, the master magician, the god of poetry, and
>lord of the runes. He presided over Valhalla, the Hall of the Slain.
>Any warrior who died in battle became Odin's son and feasted with him
>in Valhalla. Odin was the husband of Frigg and father of Bragi, Thor,
>Hermod, Heimdall, Hod, and Balder.
There's a kvad which says that "Frøya gets half the battle slain".
This might express an actual belief that Frøya gets first pick of the
dead, or be a metaphor for the nature of wars; they are often started
in passion, which is her domain, and not in reason, which is Odin's.
>Sif (Seef) was the wife of Thor. She had beautiful golden hair which
>gleamed like ripe corn.
Until Loke played a nasty practical joke on her. After which it's
actual gold, fashioned by the dwarves.
>Sigyn (SEH-gen) was the faithful wife of Loki. She tried to ease his
>terrible agony when he was punished by the gods.
"Y" as in "You". The above pronounciation would indicate something
which has slithered, slowly oozed downwards :)
>Skirnir (SKEER-neer) was the messenger of the god Frey. He helped
>Frey win the giantess Gerd for his bride.
>
>Thialfi (thee-ALF-fee) was the young servant of Thor who traveled
>with him to the fortress of Utgard.
>
>Thor (THOR) was the son of Odin and husband of Sif. Strongest of all
>the gods, he wielded a mighty hammer and was known as the god of
>thunder.
More important function: Protector of the home and giver of health,
life and strenght.
>Tyr (TEER) was the god who sacrificed his hand to the wolf Fenrir. In
>old Norse literature, he was called the god of war; he was sometimes
>depicted as the son of Odin, but at other times as the son of the
>giant Hymir.
More accurately, he was the god of the old norse local parliaments,
which still bears his name. Only one of these have survived until the
present, the Icelandic "Allting". The Norwegian parliament is called
the "Storting", or "Great-ting". As war was considered a form of ting,
or negotiation (called a "brynjeting", or "armour-council"), Ty is
also a god of the honourable war. Odin has a "psychopomp" role in war,
like the ferryman of Hades and of Hermes, whom the romans translated
him as.
>Valkyries (VAH-kure-reez) were warrior goddesses who rode across the
>sky to the battlefields. They picked up the slain warriors and
>carried them back to Valhalla, Odin's Hall of the Slain.
The valkyries are the closest one gets to demons in the norse mythos.
Not gods, but lesser spirits, "Vetter", or a kind of fate spirits,
lesser norns, in the service of Odin. They are female, but furies are
the closest classical parallel. They are not nice. :)
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>Giants and Dwarves
>
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>Brok (BROK) was the brother of the dwarf Sindri, who gave Thor his
>hammer.
>
>Gerd (GAIRD) was a beautiful frost-giantess who at first refused to
>marry the god Frey.
>
>Gunlod (GUNE-lawd) was the daughter of the giant Suttung. Guardian of
>the Mead of Poetry, she gave the precious drink to Odin.
Who betrayed her trust in a rather despicable manner...
...
>Midgard Serpent (MEED-gahrd Ser-pent) was another of Loki's three
>monstrous children. It lived in the sea, its body encircling all of
>Midgard.
Nordic word for serpent means both worm, serpent and dragon. "Orm", as
in "worm", but withouth the "w". "Midgardsormen".
>Ratatosk (RAH-tah-tosk) was a squirrel who carried insults back and
>forth between the eagle at the top of the World Tree and the serpent,
>who lived under the base of the tree.
>
>Sleipnir (SLEP-neer) was Odin's powerful eight legged horse. The
>fastest steed in the nine worlds, he could fly over land and sea.
"Slaip-".
...
>Special Things, Events, and Places
>
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>Bifrost (BEE-frost) was the rainbow bridge, which connected the world
>of humans to the world of the gods.
Which could only be ridden on a divine steed. Tor didn't have a horse,
and so were forced to walk to the Åsa-ting overland. Heimdal guarded
it.
>Bilskirnir (bill-skier-near, bil-sker-nir) was the castle of Thor.
>
>Gungnir (GOON-near) was the magical spear of Odin.
"GOONg-neer"
>Hlidskyalf (HLID-skyalf)
>
>Ginnungagap (GIN-noon-guh-GAHP) was the great void between Muspell
>and Niflheim before the creation of the nine worlds.
>
>Mjolnir (mee-YOLL-neer) was Thor's mystic hammer that was
>indestructible.
>
>Ragnarok (RAHG-nah-rock) was the final battle, which destroyed all
>the nine worlds.
"Ragna" - counting, mathemathics, "rok" - lords, gods. "The accounting
of the gods".
>Ringhorn (RING-horn) was Balder's funeral ship. It was the biggest
>ship in the world.
>
>Runes (ROONZ) were mysterious written symbols (18) which gave Odin
>magic power over nature.
"Runer" or "runar". "Runes" is an english plural. Singular "Rune".
Emphasis on the "e", which can become an "a" in plural.
>Thrymheim (THRIM-hame) was the hall of the giant Thrym.
>
>Utgard (OOT-gahrd) was a fortress in the land of the giants.
In norse, "gAArth". Modern: "Goard", with a nearly silent "D".
>Valhalla (vahl-HAHL-lah) was Odin's Hall of the Slain. All day the
>armored heroes fought one another in the courtyard; and all night
>they drank and feasted together. Set in a grove of trees in Asgard,
>Valhalla had walls made of spears and a roof thatched with shields.
>Each day, eight hundred heroes came and went through Valhalla's five
>hundred and forty doors.
>
>Yggdrasill (EGG-drah-sil) was the World Tree, which sheltered the
>nine worlds.
>
>
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>Symbols
>
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>Norse mythology is filled with symbols, or images that represent
>other things. For instance, the giants of Norse myths represent the
>wild forces of nature. Sif's golden hair represents the golden wheat
>harvests. The giantess Gerd symbolizes icy, wintry weather. The god
>Frey symbolizes the warmth and gentleness of the spring rains. The
>two ravens that sit on Odin's shoulders symbolize though and memory.
>Thor's hammer represents law and order. The trickster Loki symbolizes
>fire - both its good and bad aspects.
Thor's hammer represents safety, health and protection. "Ty's sword"
is the law. "Ty" is sometimes spelled "Tve", that would be "Twain" in
english. There's a saying that "the law is a double-edged sword".
Divine beings in general are sometimes called "Tyvarr", or "Ty-kin".
>The number nine is also an important symbol in Norse mythology. Nine
>worlds are encompassed by the World Tree. Odin hangs on a tree for
>nine nights in order to learn the magic runes; he kills nine trolls
>to help win the Mead of Poetry. The god Hermod travels for nine day
>and nights to the land of the dead. The number nine often symbolizes
>death and rebirth in different mythologies. Perhaps this is because
>it ends the series of single numbers.
Also, it's three times three - the number of the great norns, and an
even more common mythos-number.
>
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>Runes
>
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>Runes are written symbols of a primitive alphabet, created by early
>Germanic and Scandinavian tribes in Europe. "Rune" comes from the
>Gothic word meaning "secret," as few people understood the mysterious
>symbols. They were used as charms and healing formulas and were
>carved upon drinking horns, weapons, and stones. Though the runes
>were used mainly for magical purposes, some scholars believe they
>were also used for legal documents, family histories, and poems.
>After the Germanic people became Christian, the runic letters were
>eventually replaced by the Roman alphabet.
A system of runes (there are several) are called a "futhark", after
the first runes, as all but one known futhark have these as its first
runes (the one deviant I know of is the Futhork). the Anglo-saxon
futhark, used in pagan britain. seems to have been used for much the
same purposes as the latin alphabets, as it was given seriphs. The
runes, in bastardized forms, were in use in isolated villages up to
the reformation and sporadically for a century or two after.
In medieval times, runes were known by the common people, and used in
the big cities for carving trivial messages, contracts and notes, as
parchments were rare and expensive, and runes were easier to cut than
latin letters.
There are no direct, conclusive evidence that the runes were ever used
for divination, though there are circumstantial clues. Paraphrasing an
anonymous poster on a rune board, the germanics took omens from just
about everything, from the flight of birds to cloud patterns to the
pattern of froth on the mead barrels, and loved playing games with
board, dice and flipping coins (which they also took omens from). It
would be strange if no one came up with the idea of throwing rune
lots...
>DAYS OF THE WEEK:
>
>MOON DAY (Monday)
>TYR'S DAY (Tuesday)
>WOTEN'S DAY (Wednesday) [Germanic version of Odin]
>THOR'S DAY (Thursday)
>FREY'S DAY (Friday)
Laurdag (saturday, in english Saturn's day)- cleansing day
Søndag (Sunday)- Sun's day.
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Will Dockery wrote:
> some Asgardian Terms
> Special Things, Events, and Places
What, no Brisingamen, Freya's fabulous necklace?
Ciao,
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