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	Norse mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled.
		The mythology was orally transmitted in the form of long, regular poetry.
		Subsequently, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was admitted by its author to be heavily influenced by the myths of the Northern Europeans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scandinavian_mythology (4252 words)

	Mythology - LoveToKnow 1911
		The earliest attempts at a crude science of mythology were efforts to reconcile the legends of the gods and heroes with the religious sentiment which recognized in these beings objects of worship and respect.
		The new theories of mythology are based on the belief that " it is man, it is human thought and human language combined, which naturally and necessarily produced the strange conglomerate of ancient fable."' But, while there is now universal agreement so far, modern mythologists differed essentially on one point.
		But, while the possibility of the diffusion of myths by borrowing and transmission must be allowed for, the hypothesis of the origin of myths in the savage state of the intellect supplies a ready explanation of their wide diffusion.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Mythology (16988 words)

	Scandinavian Mythology - Search View - MSN Encarta
		The Scandinavian 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 Scandinavian 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 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.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761568635__1/Scandinavian_Mythology.html (733 words)

	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)

	Scandinavian mythology 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Scandinavian mythological tradition fixed in 13 century gives us rather full list of the gods well identified to similar images of parallel mythological traditions.
		At the same time, specificity of the given mythology is shown in extreme growth of an image of the Hero and a little "novelistic" by the approach to a statement of many myths.
		According to beliefs of ancient Scandinavians, Odin will be lost in jaws of Fenrir - the World Wolf, one of chthonic monsters - children of evil Loki (two others: thee World Serpent Jormungand and the giantess Hella).
	www.redrival.com /mythology/2scandin.htm (1341 words)

	German mythology 2. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		There is in the Scandinavian mythology young god Baldur, the dear son of Odin and Frigg.
		According to Scandinavian mythology, the thirst gold might took possession by mind of gods and by people, they will spill the blood and disrupt oaths giants (trolls, jotuns) they will begin with them the war, which will lead to the loss of gods and giants and the generation of new world and humanity.
		Scandinavian God of Thunder commanded by his fight against the disastrous forces of nature (mountain and icy giants) and shook imagination by opposition to world snake (which depicted on the stones of the epoch of Vikings).
	www5.domaindlx.com /mythology/german2.htm (695 words)

	Search Results for "Mythology"
		mythology, [Greek,=the telling of stories], the entire body of myths in a given tradition, and the study of myths.
		Japanese Historical Mythology The first verifiable historical accounts of Japan occur in the Chinese dynastic histories of the 3rd century C.E. and picture western...
		He was a creature of the sea, the upper half of his body being human, the lower fishlike.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?query=Mythology&filter=colReference (272 words)

	Scandinavian mythology 2
		Scandinavian God of Thunder imposed the struggle against disastrous forces of a nature (mountain and ice giants) and shook imagination by an opposition World Serpent (pictured on stones of epoch of the Vikings).
		It is necessary to tell, that the Vikings were some kind of "late aristocracy" (despite of a combination military remove also poetic skill with merchant employment).
		The evil creatures (on the left): the World Serpent Jormungand, the World Wolf Fenrir (like cloud), the Ship of the corpses, the giants are fighting against the gods (on the right): Thor (with axe), Heimdall (with a horn), Odin (on horse with eight feet).
	www.redrival.com /mythology/Scandinavian2.htm (491 words)

	Norse mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		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)

	150 mythological pictures by Alex Fantalov
		I have created an interesting cycle of Slav mythology, including 40 pictures (water-colors on paper).Especially I elaborated such gods character,as Svarog (a winged god of the sky with four heads); Perun (a god of thunder); Veles (a god of earth, he had a bull head); Dazhbog (a god of good,with a light halo).
		The proposed course "Iconography of the Near East and European mythologies", must be a continuation of the my special course "The mythologies of the world", which was dedicated to the description of the basic mythological and epic plots.
		The Celtic legends are distinguished their dreamy and poetic mentality; the Scandinavian myths have got an original fantasy and have been penetrated by an idea of fate; the Balt folklore is the most grace; in the Slav one there is a worship to a the nature powers; lastly Finno-Ugrian epos trends of paleo-Siberian cold.
	www.geocities.com /fantalov/homepage.htm (2055 words)

	DEPARTMENT OF SCANDINAVIAN
		Although, taken singly, the Scandinavian countries are relatively small in population (Sweden at 8.5 million; Denmark at 5 million; Norway at 4 million; Iceland at 250,000), they form as a whole a common linguistic and cultural community of some size.
		Admissions are recommended by the Department of Scandinavian to the Dean of the Graduate Division and are subject to limitations on the number of annual admissions to the Department set by the Division.
		Courses in Scandinavian literature and culture, ancient and modern, are taught in English.
	ls.berkeley.edu /dept/scandinavian/graduate/grad.program.SC.04.htm (4256 words)

	Scandinavian Studies
		Scandinavian studies is concerned with the study of languages, literature, history, politics, and cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
		Graduates of the Scandinavian studies program have the qualifications to embark on careers that require skills in the interpretation of information in various media, critical analysis, and effective communication and to continue in graduate programs and professional schools that value an international perspective.
		An emphasis on Scandinavian area studies includes the study of Scandinavian folklore, mythology, history, politics, society, and Baltic studies, with an emphasis in one of these areas.
	www.washington.edu /students/gencat/academic/scandinavian.html (1178 words)

	Norse Mythology
		It would be difficult to overestimate the influence of Norse mythology and religion in ancient Britain, both in terms of the early Anglo-Saxon and Danish settlements, and the centuries-long occupation by the Vikings of much of Ireland and Scotland.
		The two primary written sources for Norse mythology are the Prose (Younger) Edda and the Poetic (Elder) Edda, written in Iceland in the 13th century.
		Norse Mythology explores the magical myths and legends of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Viking-Age Greenland--outlining along the way the prehistoric tales and beliefs from these regions that have remained embedded in the imagination of the world.
	www.heartoglory.com /celtic/norse-mythology.php (784 words)

	Faces of German-Scandinavian gods on fronts of Saint Petersburg and Moscow houses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		As main field of my preferences is the mythology, I have decided to find the principal mythological representation on facades of Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
		It is not surprisely, that there numerous decorative representations of griphon (sacral Apollo's animal) and mask of Medusa Gorgon (inspite of this personage terrible reputation, her head as ehida belonged to Athena Pallada (goddess of mind).
		Author of this article do this work by means of analyze mythology, features of the considered epoch, preferences of architects or customers.
	www5.domaindlx.com /mythology/Wagner1.htm (564 words)

	Germano-Scandinavian history and mythology
		The Scandinavian tribes behind exception it is ready have not taken part in Great resettlement of peoples.
		Here it is necessary to mean that the culture of Vikings developed already in Christian time, representing some kind of "overdue flowers northern paganism Retraction of Scandinavians in life of continental Europe entailed their christening quite often accompanied with cultural excesses.
		Scandinavians had Iceland becoming for them same container of the mythology what for the Celts Ireland was.
	www.geocities.com /north_gods (1016 words)

	Titan (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek Τιτάν, plural Τιτάνες) were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age.
		Sometimes the rebels lose, and are either cast out of power entirely or incorporated into the pantheon.
		Other examples might include the wars of the Æsir with the Vanir and Jotuns in Scandinavian mythology, the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, the Hittite "Kingship in Heaven" narrative, and the obscure generational conflict in Ugaritic fragments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Titan_(mythology) (1203 words)

	Mission/Folk-Souls (1929): Lecture 8
		There must at one time have been a similar understanding of the unique character of the Germanic Scandinavian mythology throughout all the countries in which this mythology, in one form or another, was outspread.
		That again is seen by the Germanic Scandinavian in his clairvoyance as unity, and he sees that the movement of the wind, the flashing of the lightning outside is inwardly connected with the weaving of the air he breathes in.
		The Germanic Scandinavian man sees the weaving of the body and soul, from within; and later on he still understands the way in which, coming from the astral, his inner being unites itself with him; he understands how the inner answers, so to say, to the outer.
	www.rsarchive.org /Lectures/Places/Christiania/19100614p01.html (4248 words)

	EUROPEAN THEME PARK - With respect to our history and legends
		Norse mythology was a collection of beliefs and stories shared by North Germanic tribes, not a revealed religion, in the sense that there was no claim to a divinely inspired
		Besides these sources, there are surviving legends in Scandinavian folklore, and there are hundreds of place names in Scandinavia named after the gods.
		In Norse mythology, the earth was believed to be a flat disc.
	www.freewebs.com /eurothemepark/scandinavianmythology.htm (2638 words)

	Scandinavian Mythology - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Scandinavian Mythology - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Scandinavian Mythology, body of stories and beliefs constituting the religion of the Scandinavian people before their conversion to Christianity.
		Asgard, in Scandinavian mythology, the abode of the gods.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Scandinavian_Mythology.html (106 words)

	Norse Mythology - WiccanWeb.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the North Germanic or Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled.
		The mythology also remains as an inspiration in literature as well as on stage productions and movies.
		Some elements of the Yule traditions were preserved, such as the Swedish tradition of slaughtering the pig at Christmas, which originally was part of the sacrifice to Freyr.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /wiki/index.php?title=Norse_Mythology&printable=yes (3563 words)

	Mythology in Art and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		More often she of the spouse of the God of Thunder and the God of Earth Powers, in a number of traditions the goddess consists in marriage relations good luck the Clear Sky.
		And more and more late female characters of mythologies of Barbarous Europe (and the Indo-European mythologies as a whole) are derivatives from an image of the Great Goddess.
		A structural nucleus in mythologies of peoples of Barbarous Europe and social-cultural determinants of the basic mythological types.
	ccc.domaindlx.com /myths (599 words)

	Timeless Myths: Norse Mythology
		It's differed from other mythology, in that their characters and world, even in Asgard, are grave and solemn.
		Norse Mythology is a division of Timeless Myths.
		Timeless Myths and Norse Mythology were created by Bladesmaster.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse (437 words)

	Encyclopedia of Norse Mythology
		According to the Prose Edda Hel was terrible to look at, one-half of her was greenish fl and the other a livid white, with flesh that seemed to be rotting like that of a corpse and her face was gloomy, grim and sinister.
		More often in Norse mythology they are associated with what was, what is and what could come to be.
		The tree survives the torment of Nithog nibbling at its roots and of stags and goats tearing leaves and bark from the tree.
	todd.reimer.com /norse/myth.html (5818 words)

	Viking Religion
		There the warriors would spend their days fighting and nights feasting until Ragnarok, the day of the final world battle, in which the old gods would perish and a new reign of peace and love would be instituted.
		According to the Poetic Edda, a collection of Scandinavian myths, Loki and Hel, goddess of the underworld, will lead the forces of evil against the Aesir, or gods, in the titanic struggle of Ragnarok, the end of the world.
		She dwelt beneath one of the three roots of the sacred ash tree Yggdrasil and was the daughter of Loki, the spirit of mischief or evil, and the giantess Angerbotha (Angerboda).
	www.feri.com /dawn/religion.html (1112 words)

	Portable Planetariums - More than a Portable Planetarium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Scandinavian mythology, norse mythology or viking mythology, is the precristian religion, beliefs and legends of scandinavian people.
		Is the best known version of the ancient german mythology, which includes also anglo-saxon mythology, which is strongly related to.
		Norse mythology has an extraodinary figure: Ragnarok, the doom of the gods, and the end of the known world.
	www.planetarios.com /nordica.htm (8054 words)

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