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Animals in Old Norse Mythology

Animals in Old Norse Mythology. presented by Diana, Freya and Milena (9th grade) from the Comenius team of Gymnasium am Mühlenweg (GaM), Wilhelmshaven. Content: Animals in Old Norse Mythology. Animals as: Odin‘s companions Odin‘s enemies Siegfried‘s enemies Siegfried‘s companions.

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Animals in Old Norse Mythology

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  1. Animals in Old NorseMythology presented by Diana, Freya and Milena (9th grade) from the Comenius team of Gymnasium am Mühlenweg (GaM), Wilhelmshaven

  2. Content:Animals in Old Norse Mythology Animals as: • Odin‘s companions • Odin‘s enemies • Siegfried‘s enemies • Siegfried‘s companions

  3. First part Animals connectedto Odin (Wodan)

  4. Odin • Main god, head of the Æsir (group of gods; a second group is called Vanir) • Ruler of Asgard (country of the gods) • Name comes from Óðr, which means ‚furious‘, ‚frantic‘ • God of ecstasy, both in war and poetry / wisdom • Can change his figure; wanders often among humans, mostly as a one eyed man with a floppy hat Illustration from 1896

  5. Hugin and Munin • ravens • names are from the Old Norse language and mean „Thought“ and „Memory“ • are the eyes and ears of Odin, because he can‘t be everywhere; can fly to past and future • for the Vikings ravens were a good sign before a battle, because then they know that Odin is near to them Odin with his ravens on a warrior‘s helmet; Sweden, 7th century

  6. Geri and Freki • two wolves,which follow Odin • the names mean „the greedy“ and „the ravenous one“ • eat everything that Odin doesn‘t like (Odin only eats/drinks met)

  7. Sleipnir • Odin‘s horse with eight legs, which can glide through the air (like Greek Pegasus) Statue by Steve Field, iWednesbury / England • Loki (a god), in shape of a horse, slept with a • giantess; so they got a child, Sleipnir • He gives it later to Odin.

  8. In Iceland is a horseshoe-shaped canyon(Ásbyrgi canyon), which is thought to be a footprint of Sleipnir:

  9. Mircea Eliade, historian of religion, thinks, the eight legs of Sleipnir could symbolize four men baring a coffin, because Odin also is the head of the dead in Valhalla: Arrival of the dead in Valhalla; Odin on his horse Sleipnir takes them in; Image stone from Gotland / Sweden, 700 a.C.

  10. Midgard-snake • Literally Worldsnake (Midgard = Human world) • Thor tries two times to kill her • Thor kills her at Ragnaroek, the big fight between gods and giants (end of the world), but dies because of her toxic • Child of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda

  11. Fenrir (Fenriswolf) • Another child of the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda • Gods and Fenriswolf make a deal: • The gods can tie the wolf, but he is allowed to bite off the hand of a god, Tyr (a son of Odin) • He frees him himself at Ragnaroek and devour Odin • Is killed by Vidar (a god)

  12. Hati and Skalli • Children of Fenrir • Twins • Hati hunts the moon and Skalli hunts the sun over the sky, that‘s why the sun and the moon go up and down • On Ragnaroek they catch them, eat them and make the sky dark

  13. Nidhoeggr • Nidhoeggristhedragonunderthe „Worldtree“ (Yggdrasil), whichconnectstheworldofthegods (Ásgard) withtheworldofmen (Midgard) andtheunderworld (Hel) • AtRagnaroek (end oftheworld) he carriesthedeadbodysaway

  14. The story of Sigurd: carvings in a rune stone, Ransund / Sweden, 8th century Second part Animals connectedto Sigurd (Siegfried)

  15. Sigurd (Siegfried) • human, heroe • one of the main figures of the tale of the Nibelungs and of the Old Norse Poetic Edda • orphan, raised by the smith Regin (a dwarf, brother of the dragon Fafnir) in the middle of the woods • doesn‘t know about his parents (brother and sister, children of Odin)

  16. The Lindworm • a dragon, which looks like a snake • can‘t spit fire, but is toxic • famous Lindworms are for example the guard of the Hesperides (Greek myths) and Fafnir, the guard of „the treasure of the Nibelungs“ (a dwarf who changed into a dragon because of his greed) • Fafnir was killed by Sigurd who thus became owner of the treasure

  17. Grani – Sigurd‘s horse • descendant of the favourite horse of Odin, Sleipnir • chosen by Siegfried, the greatest of all germanic heros and the dragon slayer from the nordic myths • able to talk

  18. The birds of the woods • when Sigurd has killed the dragon, he fries its heart • burns his thumb, puts it into his mouth • then he is able to understand the birds of the woods • they tell him that his foster father Regin plans to kill him, because he wants to have the treasure of the dragon • so Sigurd can avoid this danger Carvings at the portal of the wooden church of Hylestad, Norway, 12th century

  19. Thank you for your attention !

  20. Sources • Karl Simrock (transl.), Die Edda. Mit Anmerkungen und einem Nachwort versehen von Harri Günther. 2.Auf-lage, Berlin 1987. • Rudolf Simek, Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie. Stuttgart 1984 • Veronica Ions, Die Welt der Mythologie. Mythen der Weltkulturen im Vergleich – von der Schöpfung bis zum Weltuntergang. Wien 2001 • Wilhelms Hertz , Die Siegfriedsage in ihrer nordischen Gestalt; electronic version: http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/1538/1 • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_der_Drachent%C3%B6ter and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin • http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir and http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81sbyrgi • ttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugin_und_Munin and http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri_und_Freki • The pictures are taken from Wikipedia encyclopedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Odhin_thron.jpg&filetimestamp=20060725095919 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georg_von_Rosen_-_Oden_som_vandringsman,_1886_(Odin,_the_Wanderer).jpg?uselang=de#filehistory http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Odin_Vendel_helmet.jpg&filetimestamp=20060125143535 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Statue_Sleipnir.jpg/512px-Statue_Sleipnir.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrival_at_Valhalla.jpg?uselang=dehttp://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Ardre_Odin_Sleipnir.jpg&filetimestamp=20041229200838 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Far_away_and_long_ago_by_Willy_Pogany.png http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Nidhogg.png&filetimestamp=20050803154516 http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Johann_Heinrich_Fussli-Tor_and_Jormundgandr.jpg http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Sigurd.svg&filetimestamp=20070227152153 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARing45.jpg http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Sigurd_pierced_him_with_his_sword_(1901)_by_Arthur_Rackham.jpg http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Faroe_stamp_391_gram_and_grani.jpg&filetimestamp=20050714183812

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