Norse Mythology

1. Norse Mythology In the beginning Scott V.- King of gods Ben G.- Sculptor Alvin Y.- Genealogist Kaiyuen C.- Muse Paul Z.- Messenger

2. In The Beginning • Gaping pit called Ginungagap. • A frost giant named Ymir and a horless cow. • Ymir fell asleep and created the first jotun • The cow brought the life of a handsom man • Jotun and aesir married she gave birth to the aesir • The aesir went to kill ymir • Two worlds called Midgard and Jotunheim were created • Men were made after BackNextTitle

3. Odin, the king • Was one of the ones that brought down ymir. • Odin was the leader of the norse. • He could see to the end of the world in his chair. • He saw a jotun named mimir who was the smartest jotun. • If you drank from the well that he mimir protected then you would be really smart. • Odin asked mimir for a sip of the well and in return gave him his left eye. • Since he only had one eye he covered it with his hair. BackNextStart

4. Bragi the poet • Bragi was a poet • He was a mortal person from the ninth century until people decided he must be a god • Odin’s chief poet • Son of Odin • Had runes ground on his tongue BackNextStart

5. Thor, god of thunder • Thor is the son of Odin • He became even more popular then his father and got a day of the week named after him (Thursday) • His weapon is a hammer called mjonir • Destined to die in Ragnarok form the midgard serpant • BackNextStart

6. Balder, god of light • Balder is like a muse, he is son of Odin and Frigg • One Day, Frigg made everything promise they wouldn’t hurt Balder except the mistletoe plant • A trickster god, Loki, found out Balder’s weakness • Loki made a dart out of mistletoe, which was Balder’s weakness • At one time, the gods were throwing things at Balder • Loki tricked a blind god to throw the mistletoe at Balder • It peirced him and he died. • Nanna, his wife died from the shock of his death • Everyone cried for him, except Loki so Balder wasn’t brought back to life BackNextStart

7. Tyr, god of duty • Fenris was a giant wolf, offspring of Loki and Angerboda. • He grew so large that the gods became afraid of him. • Only Tyr was brave enough to feed and take care of Fenris. • The gods crafted the strongest iron chain called Laeding and attached it to Fenris. • Fenris easily broke it. • The gods then crafted a second chain, Dromi. • He allowed the gods to put the fetter upon him, and he broke it. • The dwarves made a silk bond called Gleipnir. • Fenris let the gods put it on him, if Tyr put his hand in Fenris’ mouth. • Fenris realized he couldn’t get out, and he chomped off Tyr’s hand. BackNextStart

8. D’Aulaire, Edgar, D’Aulaire, Ingri, Chabon, Michael. D’aulaires’ Book of Norse MythsNew York City:New York Review, 2005. Unknown. "Norse Mythology." http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~cherryne/myth.cgi/Bragi.html Lindemans, Micha. "Bragi" http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/articles.html Wiley Publishing, Inc. "Summaries and Commentaries for Norse Mythology: Balder." http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-83,pageNum-104.html BackNextStart Bibliography

9. Family Tree 1 BackNextStart

10. Family Tree 2 BackNextStart

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