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	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Norse Mythology
		In Norse mythology, Frigg is the goddess of marriage.
		In Norse mythology, Sif was a goddess of crops and fertility, married married to Thor.
		In Norse mythology, Thor was the son of Odin, husband of Sif, and a member of the Aesir, he was the god of thunder and the main enemy of the giants, smashing their heads with his mighty hammer Mjollnir which to wield he needed iron gloves and a belt of strength.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/D4.HTM (2736 words)

	Celtic Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Norse mythology, a berserker was a warrior whose frenzy in battle transformed him into a wolf or bear howling and foaming at the mouth, and rendered him immune to sword and flame.
		In Norse mythology, Gullveig was the thrice-born and thrice-burnt virgin.
		In Norse mythology, Gungnir is Odin's spear, obtained from the Dwarves by Loki for Odin.
	www.ii.uj.edu.pl /~artur/enc/D4.htm (1248 words)

	Hel - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Hel, in Norse mythology, the goddess of the dead.
		She dwelt beneath one of the three roots of the sacred ash tree Yggdrasil and was the daughter of...
		Midgard, in Scandinavian mythology, the earth as an intermediate world between Asgard, abode of the gods, and the underworld Nifelheim or Hel.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Hel.html (86 words)

	Hel - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HEL [Hel], in Norse mythology, the underworld (sometimes called Niflheim) and the goddess who ruled there.
		In early Germanic mythology, Hel was the goddess who ruled the majestic abode for the dead.
		Hel mafon a chnau a chael fy nhywys ar drywydd hen eiriau.(News)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-hel.html (250 words)

	Hel (being) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Norse mythology, Hel (sometimes Anglicized or Latinized as Hela) is the queen of Hel, the Norse underworld, and she lives in Eliudnir.
		Hel he cast down to her realm in the underworld and gave her authority over all those in the nine worlds who do not die gloriously in battle but of sickness or of old age.
		This is attested by the etymology of Hel (Lat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hel_(goddess) (636 words)

	Hel
		Hel, in Norse mythology, goddess of the dead and ruler of the underworld.
		Hel was one of three monstrous creatures the trickster fire god Loki gave birth to after eating the heart of a witch, the giantess Angerbotha.
		When the beautiful but doomed god Balder was treacherously murdered, Hel housed him in a huge golden hall befitting his station, and she was sympathetic to the request of the gods, delivered by the god Hermod, that Balder be returned to heaven.
	www.cornholio.00page.com /hel.htm (566 words)

	Norse Mythology
		The Norse legends and myths about ancient heroes, gods, and the creation and destruction of the universe developed out of the original common mythology of the Germanic peoples and constitute the primary source of knowledge about ancient German mythology.
		Because Norse mythology was transmitted and altered by medieval Christian historians, the original pagan religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices cannot be determined with certainty.
		Besides Odin, the major deities of Norse mythology were his wife, Frigg, goddess of the home; Thor, god of thunder, who protected humans and the other gods from the giants and who was especially popular among the Norse peasantry; Frey, a god of prosperity; and Freya, sister of Frey, a fertility goddess.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/8991/scanda.html (2112 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Norse mythology
		Hel HEL [Hel], in Norse mythology, the underworld (sometimes called Niflheim) and the goddess who ruled there.
		Ymir YMIR [Ymir], in Norse mythology, primeval giant and progenitor of a race of giants.
		Norse mythology and the lives of the saints.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Norse+mythology (564 words)

	Hel
		In Norse mythology, Hel is the ruler of Helheim, the realm of the dead.
		Her face and body are those of a living woman, but her thighs and legs are those of a corpse, mottled and moldering.
		They cast her in the underworld, into which she distributes those who are send to her; the wicked and those who died of sickness or old age.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/h/hel.html (150 words)

	Hel
		Hel was the Norse* goddess of the dead, daughter of the trickster god Loki and the giantess Angrboda.
		Shortly after her birth, Hel was cast out of Asgard, home of the gods, by Odin*.
		In early Norse mythology, Hel was also the name of the world of the dead.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Go-Hi/Hel.html (202 words)

	Norse mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		the mythology is a source of inspiration literature (see Norse mythological influences on later literature) and as a system of belief has been revived as the Ásatrú or Odinism.
		An important insight into the laconic and character of Norse mythology often neglected in works is that the Nordic peoples evolved very harsh frost-zone environments of this planet like the Eskimos and were very dependent developing forms of technology to clothe themselves survive cruel winters and fish in violent in nasty weather.
		Norse mythology also influenced Richard Wagner 's use of literary themes from it compose the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).
	www.freeglossary.com /Norse_mythology (3854 words)

	Lilia BlackBear's Norse Mythology Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The unique thing about the Norse was that women had just as much right to ask for a divorce as men did which was highly unusual during that time in the rest of the world.
		Norse simply refers to the peoples whom originated in Scandinavia and worshipped a set of gods called the Aesir and the Vanir.
		The Norse believed a great prophecy that the wolves that chase the sun and moon will someday gobble them up. Fenrir the wolf will be released and gobble up Valhalla. A great war between the gods will then follow in which all of the gods except for a few will die.
	www.jackowitch.com /norsemythology1.html (1986 words)

	Norse Mythology
		Frigg - As the wife of Odin, Frigg is one of the foremost goddesses of Norse mythology.
		Hel - Hel is the ruler of Helheim, the realm of the dead.
		Vidar - In Norse myth, Vidar is the son of Odin and the giantess Gridr.
	members.tripod.com /~HX_Scheherazade/norse.html (6517 words)

	Angel Sword: Memories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dain (Dainn) - Norse mythology - one of the stags wandering Yggdrasill's branches.
		Tailfing (Tyrfing) - Norse mythology - sword forged and cursed by the dwarves.
		Hel (Hel) - Norse mythology - goddess of Helheim, the underworld; offspring of the god Loki.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /angelsword/mythology.htm (2910 words)

	GREEK vs. NORSE MYTHOLOGY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I see mythology as an attempt by a people to explain the powerful forces which affect and shape it, that are beyond its control, such as weather, the elements, and nature.
		If a mythology is taken as a reflection of the society that worships it, that leads to the conclusion that the Norse women had less stature than Greek women.
		HEL -- HADES HEL Hel is the daughter of Loki and the giant, Angurboda.
	webhome.idirect.com /~donlong (9260 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hel is the daughter of Loki and the giant, Angurboda.
		In Norse mythology, Hel was female while Hades is a male figure.
		Hades is a more important figure in Greek mythology than Hel in the Norse as he won lordship over one third of the "universe," although he is not featured too much either.
	webhome.idirect.com /~donlong/hel.html (307 words)

	Hel - Demons, Demonology, and Evil in Europe
		Hel was the daughter of Loki and the giantess, Angrboda.
		From the waist up, Hel's color was pink, but from her hips down, her skin was greenish-fl and looked decayed.
		Hel told him that if everything in the nine worlds, both dead and alive, weeps for Baldur, she would return him to Asgard, but if even one thing will not mourn, Balder must stay in Niflheim.
	www.deliriumsrealm.com /delirium/mythology/hel.asp (266 words)

	Norse Mythology — Infoplease.com
		Watchdog of Hel; slays, and is slain by, Tyr at Ragnarok.
		Niflheim - Niflheim, in Norse mythology, lowest region of the underworld.
		Valhalla - Valhalla or Walhalla, in Norse mythology, Odin's hall for slain heroes.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0197623.html (885 words)

	Yggdrasil - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Yggdrasil, in Scandinavian mythology, the world tree that spanned heaven and hell.
		Ash (tree): Yggdrasil, sacred ash of Norse mythology
		- mythological ash tree: in Norse mythology, the great ash tree that overshadows the world, binding together earth, heaven, and hell
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Yggdrasil.html (115 words)

	This a disambiguashion page Hel goddess Hel goddess is a... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hel (goddess) Hel (goddess) is a goddess of the underworlds
		Hel, Poland Hel, Poland is a town in Poland
		Hel Peninsula Hel Peninsula is a peninsula on the Polish shores of the Baltic Sea.
	www.biodatabase.de /Hel (96 words)

	Norse Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Scandinavian and Germanic mythology have a common origin and structure; they will, therefore, be discussed in their unity.
		The tree is supported by three roots; one of these roots stretches to the underworld (HEL), another to the world of the frost-giants, and the last one to the world of human beings.
		In the Norse cycles the conflict between the gods begins when Odin and Thor, the greatest of the gods, refuse the full status of godhood to the Vanir.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~jasen01/texts/nrw_myth.html (1337 words)

	:: LEAST I COULD DO FORUM:: > Official God for 11-14-05 Hel
		Her name means the "one who covers up" or the "one who hides," and the ones Hel hid in her nine-circled realm were those who died of disease or old age. Those who died heroically, in battle or by other violence, were carried off by the Valkyries to the heavenly halls of Freya or Odin.
		Hel was the daughter of the giant woman Angerboda and was thought to be an ugly pinto woman, half fl and half white, who rode up to earth to enfold the dying in her horrible arms and to rest her drooping head against theirs.
		The entry to her queendom was guarded by the hell-hound, Garm; before you reached the threshold you had to travel to Helvig ("Troublesome Road") to Hel, past the strange guardian maiden, Modgud. Some scholars say the conception of Hel is more ancient than the heroic myth of Valhalla, the hall of dead heroes.
	www.leasticoulddo.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t6907.html (2369 words)

	Valkyrie , Norse Mythology
		Because Scandinavian mythology was transmitted and altered by medieval Christian historians, the original pagan religious beliefs, attitudes, and practices cannot be determined with certainty.
		Most information about Scandinavian mythology is preserved in the Old Norse literature (Icelandic, Swedish, and Norwegian Literature), in the Eddas and later sagas; other material appears in commentaries by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus and the German writer Adam of Bremen (flourished about 1075).
		Besides Odin, the major deities of Scandinavian mythology were his wife, Frigg, goddess of the home; Thor, god of thunder, who protected humans and the other gods from the giants and who was especially popular among the Scandinavian peasantry; Frey, a god of prosperity; and Freya, sister of Frey, a fertility goddess.
	home4.inet.tele.dk /svava/valkyrie.htm (1002 words)

	Littleowlluna: Norse Mythology
		Afterwards, Hermod asked Hel to restore Balder; Hel replied that Hermod's wish would be granted if all things, living and dead, wept for Balder.
		Hel (Holle, Hulda): Goddess of the dead and the afterlife.
		Children: Fenris Wolf, Hel, and Jormurgandr, the Midgard worm (by Angurboda).
	www.stormpages.com /littleowlluna/base2/norsemythology.html (1367 words)

	Norse Mythology
		This article is an attempt to provide a thumbnail sketch of Norse mythology, based on the gripping Eddic poems about the gods, which were created a thousand years ago (author unknown) and preserved in 13th century Icelandic manuscripts.
		To me, Norse mythology is one of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking attempts ever made to depict our inner and outer reality - to capture life and human existence in words and poetic images.
		Hel, Queen of Helheim, replied that Balder would be restored to life if the entire world shed tears over his fate.
	valdis.sca.dragonshadow.info /rmyth.html (4111 words)

	Ragnarök: Information from Answers.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is similar to the representation of the monstrous children of Uranus in Greek mythology as the primordial forces of chaos.
		Old Norse Ragnarök is a compound of ragna, the genitive plural of regin ("gods" or "ruling powers"), and rök "fate" (etymologically related to English "reach").
		From the east, the army of Jotuns, led by Hrym, will leave their home in Jotunheim and sail the grisly ship Naglfar (made from the nails of dead men), which will be set free by the tsunami and flooding caused by Jörmungandr, towards the battlefield of Vigrid (Óskópnir).
	www.answers.com.cob-web.org:8888 /topic/ragnar-k (2101 words)

	Ragnarok - Norse Mythology - Ancinet-Mythology.com
		Ragnarok, in Norse mythology, was the predestined death of the Germanic gods.
		They were assisted by the heroic dead, those who had died in glorious battle and had been taken to live in Valhalla and await the final battle.
		The frost giants were led by the fire god Loki and assisted by the unworthy dead who came from Hel, and by other monsters.
	www.ancient-mythology.com /norse/ragnarok.php (224 words)

	HEL : The deity from Norse Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HEL: Goddess of the Inglorious Dead and Queen of HELHEIM, the Norse Underworld.
		Yes, her name gives us the word 'Hell', but her domain is almost the complete opposite of SATAN's abode: it's cold, damp, and populated by the kind of apathetic souls most devils would hardly feel worth the trouble of roasting.
		Which is why HEL is also Goddess of the Blues.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/norse-mythology.php?deity=HEL (274 words)

	Norse mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(When using the term "Scandinavian," however, it is important to note that Finnish mythology forms a separate creed, although it shares some similarities with Norse mythology.) Norse mythology is the best-preserved version of the older common Germanic mythology, which also includes the closely related Anglo-Saxon mythology.
		Norse mythology also influenced Richard Wagner's use of literary themes from it to compose the four operas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) - inspiring and laying the foundation for numerous similarly inspired works.
		The anime and manga Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok is almost entirely comprised of figures from Norse mythology.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norse_mythology (4325 words)

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