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Aesir or Æsir: The race of gods who inhabit Asgard. Originally a group of warrior gods, led by Odin.
Angrboda (Distress-bringer): Giantess who was the mistress of Loki and mother of Fenrir, Jormungand, and Hel.
Balder: Son of Odin and Frigg. Beautiful, wise, and gentle. He was killed by Hod and is to return after Ragnarok.
Bifrost: Flaming three-strand bridge between Asgard and Midgard.
Brising's necklace: Incomparable necklace, or possibly belt, secured by Freyja from four drawrfs.
Einherjar or Heroes: Dead warriors in Valhalla who fight by day and feast at night, awaiting Ragnarok, the end of the world.
Fenrir: Wolf son of Loki, who is bound by the gods and will remain so until Ragnarok, the end of the world.
Fimbulvetr: The terrible winter, three winters in duration, that will precede Ragnarok.
Fjalar: Cock that will crow to warn the giants when Ragnarok, the end of the world, is at hand.
Freyja: Daughter of Nijord. Foremost of the female Vanir or fertility goddesses.
Freyr: Son of Njord. Foremost of the male Vanir fertility gods
Frigg: Odin's wife and first amongst the goddesses. Mother of Balder.
Garm or Garmr: Hound chained in Gnipahellir, the cave at the entrance to Niflheim. He will break loose at Ragnarok and kill, and be killed by, the war god Tyr.
Gimli or Gimle: Hall that will be inhabited by the ruling gods in the world after Ragnarok.
Gjall or Gjallarhorn: orn of the god Heimdall which can be heard throughout the nine worlds.
Gnipahellir: Cave in front of the entrance to Niflheim where the hound Garm is chained.
Gullinkambi: Cock that wakes the Einherjar in Valhalla and will crow to warn the gods when Ragnarok is at hand.
Gungnir: Odin's magic spear, forged by dwarfs called the sons of Ivaldi.
Gylfi: King of Sweden who is tricked by the goddess Gefion.
Hati: Wolf who pursues the moon and will swallow it before Ragnrok. Snorri calls him Hati Hrodvitnisson.
Heimdall or Heimdallr: God who was the son of nine mothers. Owner of the horn Gjall and watchman of the gods. He is often identified with Rig who created the three faces of men.
Hel: Daughter of Loki. A monster half alive, and half dead who rules the realm of the dead also called Hel.
Hel: Realm of the dead, in Niflheim, presided over by the monster Hel.
Hod: Blind god who unwittingly killed his own brother Balder. He will return after Ragnarok.
Hoddmimir's Wood: Another name for the world tree, Yggdrasil.
Idavoll: Central plain in Asgard, site of Gladsheim and Vingolf, the halls where the principal gods and goddesses met in council.
Idunn: Goddess of springtime married to Bragi, the god of poetry. The golden apples of youth are in her keeping
Jamsaxa: Giantess who was mistress of Thor and mother of Magni.
Jormungand or Jormungandr: Serpent offspring of Loki and Angrboda. He encircles Midgard and bites his own tail. Also called the 'Midgard Serpent.'
Lif: Man who will hide in Yggdrasil, survive Ragnarok, and father children to re-people the earth.
Lifthrasir: Women who will hide in Yggdrasil, survive Ragnarok, and mother children to re-people the earth.
Loki: attractive, ambivalent, mischief-making god. Often called the Sly One, the Trickster, the Shape Changer, the Sky Traveler. He grows progressively more evil, causes the death of Balder, and is bound until the coming of Ragnarok, the end of the world.
Magni: Son of Thor and the giantess Jamsaxa. He and his brother Modi will inherit the hammer Mjollnir after Ragnarok.
Mimir: Wise god sent by the Aesir to the Vanir to seal their truce and killed by them. Odin preserved the head and set it by the Well of Mimir.
Mimir's Well or Spring of Mimir: Well of wisdom under the root of Yggdrasil in Jotunheim, protected by the head of Mimir.
Mjollnir: Thor's hammer, made by dwarfs Brokk and Eitri. Symbol of destruction, fertility, and resurrection.
Modi: Son of Thor. He and his brother Magni will inherit the hammer Mjollnir after Ragnarok.
Moon: Son of Mundilfari. He drives the moon on its course and determines its waxing and waning.
Muspell or Muspellheim: Realm of fire in the south, guarded by the giant Surt.
Naglfar: Ship made of dead men's nails that will carry the giants to the last battle at Ragnarok.
Nastrond: Place in Hel where hall of evil-doers is sited and where the dragon Nidhogg gnaws corpses.
Nidhogg: Dragon that gnaws at the roots of Yggdrasil in Niflheim and chews corpses.
Niflheim: A realm of freezing mist and darkness under one root of Yggdrasil. Hel lies within it.
Njord: One of the Vanir fertility gods and father of Freyr and Freyja.
Odin: father of Thor and first and foremost of the Aesir. God of poetry, battle and Death. He has many names amongst which are Allfather, the Terrible One, One-eyed, Father of Battle.
Okolnir: Place in the world to come after Ragnarok where the ground will always be warm. Site of the hall Brimir
Rime-giant: ice giant
Sindri: Hall in the world to come after Ragnarok with a roof of red gold.
Skirnir: Freyr's message who won the giantess Gerd for him.
Skoll: Wolf that pursues the sun and will swallow it before Ragnarok.
Sleipnir: Odin's eight legged horse. He was sired by the stallion Svadilfari and borne by Loki.
Sun: Daughter of Mundilfari. She drives the sun on its course.
Surt: The giant who had guarded Muspellheim since before the creation. He will set fire to the world at Ragnarok.
Svadilfari: Stallion that assists the giant mason to build the walls of Asgard.
Thor: Son of Odin and Earth, and husband of Sif. Second in the hierarchy of the gods and their guardian. God of the sky and thunder and so of fertility but equally associated with maintenance of law and order in Midgard. The most common of his many names are the Thunder God and Charioteer.
Tyr: God of War. Son of Odin. The bravest of Gods who sacrificed one hand so that the wolf Fenrir could be bound.
Vali: Son of Odin and his giant mistress Rind expressly conceived to take vengeance for his half-brother Balder's death.
Vanir: The race of fertility gods who were subsequently integrated with the Aesir.
Vidar: Son of Odin and the giantess Grid who will avenge Odin's death and survive Ragnarok.
Vigrid: Plain in Asgard described variously as 120 leagues in every direction, and as a hundred square miles, on which the final battle between gods and man, giants and monsters will take place.
Yggdrasil: The world tree, an ash that linked and sheltered all the worlds.
The Nine Worlds
Vanaheim: Land of the Vanir. (exists in Asgard)
Asgard: World of the Aesir (gods).
Alfheim: Land of the light elves. (exists in Asgard)
Nidavellir: Land of the dwarfs. (exists in Midgard)
Midgard: Middle World. Lorld of the humans.
Svartalheim: Land of the dark elves. (exists in Midgard)
Jotunheim: Land of the giants. (exists in Midgard)
Hel: Realm of the dead. (exists in Niflheim)
Niflheim: World of the dead (exists in Niflheim)