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HAN:
I'm gonna give a brief introduction to the field I'm strongest in--the Norse Mythology :)
Just as a summary, Norse
people believe that there are nine Norse worlds, all held in place by the tree of life, I can't remember the name of the tree,
though. Anyway, the tree is split into three sections. There's the upper worlds, the middle worlds and the lower worlds.
The
Upper Worlds:
Alfheim: Land of the light elves
Asgard: Land of the Warrior gods and godesses
Vanaheim: Land
of the gods and goddesses who make things grow
The Middle Worlds:
Jotunheim: Land of the giants
Midgard:
Land of the humans
Nidavellir: Land of the dwarfs
Svartalfheim: Land of the dark elves
(I've recently read that
dark elves are actually dwarves, I'm still looking into that)
The Lower Worlds:
Muspell: Land of fire
Niflheim:
Kingdom of the dead
That's all for now, stay tuned for the next episode: Norse Worlds: part II !
Norse Mythology: Norse Worlds part II
HAN:
Hello! I'm back again!
As I have promised, I will now give a slightly
more detailed explanation of the Norse Worlds.
There were nine Norse worlds, held in place by the mighty tree: Yggdrasil.
At the top of the tree, the stars sparkled and birds flew. At the bottom of the tree, a dragon called Nidhogg gnawed on
the roots. A squirrel called Ratatosk runs busily up and down between the branches and the dragon. I'm still trying to find
out more about this cute little mythic figure ;)
Norse people believed that their world (Midgard) was linked to the
gods' world (Asgard) by a rainbow bridge, the "official watchman" of the bridge is the god Heimdall. The middle worlds are
circled by a huge sea-serpent, Jormungand.
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