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Asgard – norse mythology for smart people

The Rainbow Bridge between Asgard and Midgard in Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold, directed by Otto Schenk (1990) Asgard (Old Norse Ásgarðr, “Enclosure from the Aesir) is among the Nine Worlds of Norse mythology and also the home and fortress from the Aesir, among the two tribes of gods (another to be the Vanir, who’ve their …

Variations between norse/ nordic/ scandinavian and germanic/ german/ teutonic myths

Around any common cultural system could be after generations and generations of spread more than a large distance, evolving influences from neighbors, and progressively diverging languages. For which it’s worth, you can create root words for proto-Germanic types of most of the common gods of Germanic mythology — *Thun-raz for Thorr/Thor/Donar, etc. I’m not sure …

Distinction between celtic and norse?

They’re way, way, WAY different. Both their very own gods and tales. They’re more not the same as one another than Roman and Greek myths will be to one another. (BTW, you will find Roman myths that aren’t the same as Greek myths it’s not always exactly the same gods with various names). Norse myths …

Concordance in norse/germanic and irish mythology

Questionnable mythology evolves as a result of the atmosphere which delivered it, so it’s possibly unsurprising that mythology along Europe’s Atlantic climes should share much of similarity. Within this publish, I aim to discuss a few of these Odinn and Manannan: Legends about Odinn and Manannan demonstrate numerous apparent correlations. Both are wise. They’re well-travelled. The take care …