Bifrost
The Word
Yggdrasil
Asgard: Home of the Gods Alfheim: Home of the Light Elves
( right next to Asgard ) Midgard: Home of the Humans Jotunheim: Home of the Giants
Nidavellir: Home of the Dwarves Svartalfheim: Home of the Dark Elves
Vanaheim: Home of the Vanir (Nobody knows where the land )
Characteristic
Valhalla
Odin
There four dwarfs were named “North” “West” “South” “East” and where send out in each direction.
The Creation of human being
Odin gave the logs spirit and life
The Ash tree — — man (Ask)
Vili gave them shape, speech, feelings and the five senses
The Elm tree — — woman (Embla)
Ve gave them movement, mind and intelligence
All the gods dead. The Flame giant Surtr started a big fire. The flames licked up everything. And the ground sinked into the sea. The earth is shrouded in darkness.
Thank you
谢谢！
The Rebirth of the World
The sun appeared again. The world resurfaces anew and fertile. The world is repopulated by two human survivors, Lif (means life) and Lifthrasir (means hope of life). Baldur, the god of kindness and beauty revived, and the surviving gods meet.
Niflheim
Ginnungagap Muspelheim
When the warm air of Muspelheim hit the cold ice of Niflheim,
Ymir (The progenitor of giants)
His foot bred a son
the Frost Giants Ymir and the icy cow Audhumla were created
Gotterdammerung( the twilight of the gods )
Baldur, the son of Odin, the god of light was killed Severe winter last for three years
Endless Wars, millions of people dead Daimon ic wolf , Dragon Nidhogg,
Fairyhood
Worms crawling out of the remains became fairyhood
Dwarves：lived under the rocks, in caves and underground, experts in craftsmanship the Dark Elves：hated the sun, hideous, turn into stones when expose in the light the Light Elves：beautiful creatures, minor gods of nature, delivered an inspiration to art or music
Serpent Jormungander, all toke involved in the war.
The Lord god, Odin, was killed by the Wolf Fenrir. Freyr run through with the sword. Heimdallr destroyed together with Loki.
北欧神话(英语)
Norse Mythology
By Ma Junjie
Geographical Location
Iceland
Sweden Norway
Denmark
Finland
History
• Oral Preservation :the 1st to 2nd century
• Written Records : Nibelungenlied
Poetic Edda
&Prose Edda
Saga
Starting Life Mythology
In Nilfheim there is a place called Hvergelmir, that all cold rivers come from here, Hvergelmir was the origin of all existence and the place where every living will go back.
A man and a woman emerged from his armpits
He sweated out Surtr
The cow Audhumbla licked on a salt stone
then an entire man Búri emerged from the stone With an unknown giant female he fathered Borr (Bor), Borr married Bestla (the grandchildren of Ymir) ,fathered Odin, Vili and Ve
The Creation of the World
Odin, Vili and Ve killed Ymir
Dragged the dead body of Ymi towards the
center of Ginnungagap
blood —— oceans and water flesh —— land bones —— mountains teeth —— rocks hair —— grass and trees eyelashes —— Midgard brain —— clouds skull —— sky lid —— covered the new world The brothers threw the sparks from Muspelheim inside of the skull These sparks gleamed at night and was what we call the stars