The earliest Nordic myths all appeared in the form of songs. In BC, the legend of the strange spirit in the period of "when chaos first opened, Gan Kun began to drink" has been circulated among Germanic tribes in northern Europe. In the Middle Ages, Icelandic scholars recorded them in words. There are mainly two "Eda" that can be consulted now (the meaning of this word cannot be verified. Some people think it means "poetry"; Some people think that it is the sound change of Audi, the academic center in southern Iceland, which may refer to the "Audi series". First, the former Ada, or Poetic Ada, discovered by Icelandic scholar Bryn Gjorv Swenson in 1643, was written between the 9th century and13rd century, which included One is Post-Eda, or Essay Eda, written by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson (1178 ~1241) at the beginning of13rd century. It is an explanatory work of "Pre-Ada".

Protoss and fantasy creatures

Nordic mythology is a polytheistic system, which can be roughly divided into four systems: giant, god, elf and dwarf.

Giant is the earliest life, it gave birth to gods, but it is also the biggest enemy of gods, which can be understood as a personalized natural force. The gods are divided into two tribes, Ersil, headed by Odin, the main god, and Vanier, headed by Nijod, the sea god, among which there are twelve main gods. Elves and gnomes belong to demigods. They serve God and are special creations in the Germanic region.

Creation myth

At the beginning of the world, there was no sky and no land. In the dense fog, there is only one Ginnungagap gap. To the north of the canyon is Neverheim, a "foggy country", in which the spring named Hvergelmir is the source of all rivers. It is said that the water in one of the rivers is highly toxic. To the south of gap is Muspelheim, the "country of fire". In the interweaving of heat and ice, Ymir, the father of the frost giant, and a giant cow named Odhambra were born. Ymir eats the milk secreted by Odem Bula for a living, while Odem Bula licks the salt grains on the ice.

Later, Ymir was transformed into Mí mir, a wise giant, and Bestla, a female giant, belonging to the family of Frost Giant. In addition, under the licking of the cow, Buli, the father of the gods, appeared on the ice. Bligh gave birth to Bohr, Bohr and Bestla gave birth to Odin, Willy and Vi. The giant and the god are quite at odds, and the two sides go to war. Later, Ymir was killed by the gods and the giant was defeated. The remaining giants fled to Jotuheim and continued to hate the gods.

The gods decorated the earth and the sky with Ymir's body. Ymir's head turned into the sky, his brain into clouds, his body into the earth, his blood into the sea, his bones into mountains and his hair into trees. When Ymir's corpse rotted and maggots grew, these maggots became elves and dwarfs. Odin ordered the four dwarfs to support the four corners of the sky with Machamp. Ymir's eyebrows were used to build a wall around Midgard. Then Odin captured the flames of Musbelheim, turned them into stars, the moon and the sun, and set the operation of the four seasons. The gods made men from gray branches and women from elm branches. The man's name is "Askell" and the woman's name is "Embra". Odin gave them life and soul, Willie gave them reason and action, and gave them emotion, appearance and language. This is the ancestor of mankind.

Eschatological myth

One of the characteristics of Nordic mythology is that the world will eventually be destroyed, which is the dusk of the gods. This battle is inevitable, and the gods are doomed to fail, but even so, the Nordic gods still face the final outcome calmly. After the world dies, the remaining gods will rebuild a new world.

Main character

Nordic mythology is a polytheistic system, which can be roughly divided into four systems: giant, god, elf and dwarf. Among them, giants created the world and gave birth to the gods, but they were also the greatest enemies of the gods. God is divided into two tribes, the ASIR tribe headed by the Lord God Odin (ASIR) and the Vanier tribe headed by Neeld, the sea god, among which there are twelve main gods:

Odin, the great god

Odin is the king of the gods, the ruler of the world, and also known as the "heavenly father". He wore a big golden helmet and two crows perched on his shoulders, symbolizing "thought" and "memory" respectively. They fly around the world every morning and come back to report what they have seen and heard to Odin. There are two wolves squatting at Odin's feet, named "greed" and "lust", which are specially guarded. In order to increase intelligence, predict the future and better govern the country, Odin is determined to drink the water from the well of wisdom, which is the holy spring next to the root of the world tree Yggdrasil. But Mimir, the giant guarding the oil well, asked him to pay for one eye. Without thinking, Odin immediately cut off an eye. Drink well water, and you will become knowledgeable. He invented the ancient Norse script (Rhone), which was used by the goddess of fate to record her destiny on the shield.

Frigga (frigga)

Frigga is the goddess of love, in charge of marriage and family, and Odin's wife. Have dominion over heaven and hell. She is beautiful, with white feathers in the middle of her blonde hair. Wearing a white robe with a golden belt and a bunch of keys hanging on it. She likes beautiful clothes and sparkling jewels. She stole Odin's gold to buy an expensive necklace. Odin found out and ran away in a rage. The universe was immediately ruled by the frost giant, and the severe winter killed all life. It was not until Odin returned to Asgard seven months later that the crisis passed.

thor

Thor, the eldest son of the Lord God Odin and the son of the goddess of the earth. Saul is tall and has great arm strength. He has leopard eyes and a red beard. Saul was in rags, but he wore a magic belt around his waist, which doubled his strength. Saul wore iron gloves and gripped Miol's magic hammer. Sol guarded the frost giants and pythons in the East all the year round, and guarded the homes of the gods. Sol is honest and dares to contradict Odin. Saul has a bad temper, but he is brave. When the end of the gods came, Thorsol fought with the Midgard python (Grave Winnell) and died with the python.

Sif

Seaver is the wife of Saul, the god of power, and the goddess of land and harvest. What is particularly commendable is that she has long blond hair, which shines more brightly than gold. The goddess Sif was very proud of this, and often sat in her garden to comb her blonde hair, which led Loki to play tricks. While Sif was sleeping, Loki cut off her proud blonde hair completely. Loki's practical joke made Sifu very sad. Just as Sifu was crying, Saul, the god of strength, went home. Saul immediately knew that Loki had done something bad, so he rushed out of the house, grabbed Loki, and prepared to tear down his bones. Loki was in agony and desperately begged for mercy: he vowed to find a craftsman in the gnome kingdom to create a pair of identical golden hairs that could grow freely for Sif.

Frey (Frey)

Frey is the god of abundance, prosperity, love and peace, and also the king of Alfei, a beautiful fairy tale country. He and Walder are both gods of light, or sun. His elves do good deeds all over the world. He often rides a wild boar with a golden mane to go out for inspection. Everyone enjoys the peace and happiness he gives. He has a sword, which is radiant and can walk on clouds. He also has a pocket magic ship, which can carry all the gods and their weapons when necessary.

Loki (Loki)

Loki is from Vulcan. Odin, the son of giant Falber, and Loki, his mother's brother, are descendants of the frost giant. He is handsome, but he has a bad temper. He gave birth to some terrible monsters, such as Fenris Wolf and Midgard Python. He looks kind and treacherous. He often speaks ill of himself, quarrels with other gods and causes trouble. At first, he just joked for fun, such as secretly cutting Sif's hair. Later, he did evil unscrupulously, became a demon, and even encouraged the dark god to murder god of light. He is good at magic and miracles. He can turn himself into countless monsters in an instant, and then be chained up for his crimes.

Tyr tire

Tyre is the god of war, the son of the giant Emil. Legend has it that he is the guarantor of the contract and the sworn guardian. When other gods played a joke on Fenris and tied him up, Tyre put his arm in the wolf's mouth as a credit guarantee. The wolf found that the god who tied him was actually setting a trap and immediately bit off Tyr's arm. From then on, Tyre became a one-armed god. But wearing a sword, he always looks dignified. The ancient custom of swearing by sword originated from the worship of Tyr, the god of war, in northern Europe. Many traditional sword dances are arranged in memory of the God of War.

Freya (freya)

Freya is the god of fertility, in charge of fertility and love, and is freisa's sister. She is very kind and most loved, because people in the ice and snow are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of spring. She often wears heavy makeup and gorgeous clothes, and sometimes goes into battle armed to the teeth, leading fairies to choose dead heroes for Odin. In some stories, she and frigga are the same god.

Heimdahl (Heimdahl)

Heimdahl is the patron saint of the sacred world. Also known as Rig, he is full of gold teeth and has a keen and far-reaching vision. His eyes can see four roads, he can see three hundred miles away day and night, and he can hear in all directions. When he was lying on the ground, he could hear the hiss of grass growing. He guarded Birrost, the main entrance to heaven, day and night to resist the invasion of frost trolls. He rode a horse with a golden mane and Ollard's horn on his shoulder. In case of emergency, he blew his horn and summoned the gods to deal with it. Legend has it that he is the first person in heaven. When the end of the gods came, Heimdahl and Vulcan Loki died together.

Bode (Bode)

Balder is Odin's other son, god of light. Outstanding talent, outstanding appearance, smiling. People felt very happy when he smiled. He had a nightmare and had a premonition that he would be assassinated. The gods were worried about this, so Odin sent an official to strictly prohibit all birds, animals, plants and animals from hurting Bode. But your official didn't send a message to mistletoe, because he felt that this fragile and incompetent plant didn't need to be guarded. Loki, the Vulcan, took advantage of this opportunity to make a sharp arrow with mistletoe, inciting Holder, the god of darkness, to come forward, aiming with a bow and shooting Balder to death.

Holder (holder)

Holder is the god of darkness. It is said that he is Balder's twin brother and is blind. He is melancholy, withdrawn, sinister and cruel, and insists on being the enemy of light. Loki, a Vulcan, instructed him to kill the happy God of Light.

Other gods

I. Goddess Gevjon

The goddess Qiao Fei knows the past and the future. Qiao Fen came to Sweden disguised as a witch. After several trysts with King Gulliver, she asked him for a small piece of land. The king generously promised her a wasteland where she could farm day and night. That night, Geoffein's four sons plowed a large area of land from central Sweden with a stick plow pulled by a bull and moved to Denmark, which became the largest island in Denmark. The hole plowed in central Sweden poured into the sea and became the largest lake in Sweden-Lake Meralen.

Two. Vale

Son of God Odin. Wally is the illegitimate child of Linde and Odin. He was born and grew up in the wind, and he could fight day and night. He didn't wash his hands or comb his hair until he caught Balder's enemy and avenged god of light Balder. Three. Linde (pericarp)

Wali's mother, mistress of the Lord God Odin. Linde refused Odin's pursuit many times, first on the pretext that he would come back at dusk, and then set up strict guards. Odin dodged when he went back, leaving a dog on the bed. At last Odin puzzled Linde with a spell and succeeded. Linde and Odin have a son, Wally.

Four. Bragi

Blaquis, the son of Odin, is the god of poetry, known as the god of wisdom, poetry and eloquence. He often writes poems in praise of great men and warriors. His wife Eden is also the goddess of Asgard. She has a treasure box with golden apples of youth. The immortal is old, so long as he tastes the golden apple, he can be rejuvenated. At the sacrificial banquet in Scandinavia, guests often use the horn dedicated to Blagi, the god of poetry, as a wine glass, drinking to their heart's content, vowing to make contributions and make it immortal in poetry.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Forseti

God of truth and justice; Bud's son.

The intransitive verb Yidun

Goddess of youth; Blaquez's wife; The owner of Asgard Wannian Garden is in charge of the rejuvenated apples.

Seven. Varhala, the temple of the soul.

Odin chose brave warriors on the battlefield earth-to be exact, warriors who are not afraid of death-to fight side by side with the gods in the Armageddon Battle of ragnar Locke. Valkyrie rode quickly through the clouds, sent the selected soldiers to Varhala, and Odin received the temple of the dead.

In the mourning hall, people who died on the battlefield were called "soldiers/encheria/heroes" (einherjar). They practice face to face every day and eat and drink like uninjured people at night. The myth of the temple of the soul embodies the ideal life that ancient Germanic barbarians yearned for-fighting during the day and drinking at night; Meet the challenge without fear.