Encyclopedia - Draupnir: Encyclopedia - Draupnir
Draupnir is a golden arm ring possessed by Odin, the ruling god of Norse mythology. The ring was a source of endless wealth, since each n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Draupnir: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Draupnir
Draupnir (Scandianvian Norse). The golden armlet of Wodan or Odin, the companion of the spear Gungnir which he holds in his right hand...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Draupnir: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Draupnir
Draupnir (Icelandic) Dropner (Scandinavian) (from Icelandic drjupa, Swedish drypa to drip)   In Norse myths, the magic ring wroug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brokk: Encyclopedia - Brokk
Brokk is a dwarf from Norse mythology, brother of Eitri. When Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skidbladnir and Odin's spear Gungni done ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hermóðr: Encyclopedia - Hermóðr
Hermóðr the Brave (Old Norse Hermóðr 'Courage-Battle') appears, in Norse mythology, clearly among the gods only in Snorri Sturluson's...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mjolnir: Encyclopedia - Mjolnir
In Norse mythology, Mjolnir (also commonly spelled Mjollnir; literally, "that which crushes") is the Hammer of Thor, the god of lightning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia - Odin
Odin is considered the highest god in Norse mythology and Norse paganism. His role, like many of the Norse pantheon, is complex: he is go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Ring: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Ring - Magic Rings In Mythology And Folklore
The earliest known magical ring in fiction or myth is very likely the arm ring named Draupnir. It belonged to the Norse god Odin. Because...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Ring: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Ring - Function In The Story
Like other magical objects in stories, magic rings serve to excuse some impossible event, which the story teller wishes to place in the p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Ring: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Ring - Types Of Magic Rings
Generally, only two types of magical rings are known from mythology and fiction: arm rings and finger rings. Different magic rings can do...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Odin: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Odin
Odin (Icelandic, Scandinavian) [from Wodan from odr cosmic mind; cf Greek nous, Sanskrit mahat]   As a god, foremost of the aesir...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dwarf: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dwarf
Dwarf(s) (Icelandic) (from dvergr, Anglo-Saxon dveorg, German zwerg, Swedish dvarg)   Popularly thought to be "little people...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mjolnir: Encyclopedia Ii - Mjolnir - Norse Myth
The most popular version of the creation of Mjollnir myth is as follows. In one story Loki ends up to the dwarves called Ivaldi's sons (o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norse Dwarves: Encyclopedia Ii - Norse Dwarves - List Of Norse Dwarves
Völuspá 10–16 contains a list of dwarves: 9. Then sought the gods their assembly-seats, The holy ones, and council held, To find who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Numbers In Norse Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Numbers In Norse Mythology - Three
The number three is both an invocatory and magic number: The number three occurs with great frequency in grouping individuals and artefac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mjolnir: Encyclopedia Ii - Mjolnir - Culture
Myths, artifacts, and institutions revolving around Thor indicate his prominent place in the mind of medieval Scandinavians. His followin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Characteristics
Odin is an ambivalent deity; Old Norse (Viking Age) connotations of Odin lie with "poetry, inspiration" as well as with "fury, madness": ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok - Story
The main character is Loki, the Norse god of mischief. After causing boundless trouble in the land of the gods, Loki is banished to the w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Edda
According to the Prose Edda, Odin was a son of Bestla and Borr and brother of Vé and Vili and together with these brothers he cast down ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Modern Age
Odin - Modern popular culture. Main article: Odin in popular culture With the Romantic Viking revival of the early-to-mid 19th centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Modern Age
With the Romantic Viking revival of the early-to-mid 19th century, Odin's popularity increased again. Wotan is a lead character in Richar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giantess: Encyclopedia Ii - Giantess - Mythical Giantesses
Image:Docu0003a.JPG Giantess - Greek mythology. Giantesses are worthy of separate discussion from male giants for a number of reasons. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Odin And Jesus
The 13th century eddaic account of Odin likely contains some Christian elements. The scene where Odin hangs from a tree as a sacrifice to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok - Primary Characters
God of mischief (and in some versions chaos) in Norse mythology. Trapped in the body of a child, he seeks a way back to the realm of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Origins
Worship of Odin dates to Proto-Germanic paganism. The Roman historian Tacitus probably refers to Odin when he talks of Mercury. The reaso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Seid
The goddess Freyja is described as an adept of the mysteries of seid (shamanism), a völva, and it is said that it was she who initiated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Blót
It is attested in primary sources that sacrifices were made to Odin during blóts. Adam of Bremen relates that every ninth year, people a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Eddaic Odin
According to the Prose Edda, Odin was a son of Bestla and Borr and brother of Vé and Vili and together with these brothers he cast down ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Worship
Details of the Migration period of Germanic religion are sketchy, reconstructed from artefacts, sparse contemporary sources, and later th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - General Characteristics
For the Norse people, Odin's name was synonymous with battle and warfare, for he appears throughout their myths as the bringer of victory...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Odin And Mercury
Less is known about the role of Odin as receiver of the dead among the more southern Germanic tribes. The Roman historian Tacitus probabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Anglo-saxon Woden
The Anglo-Saxon tribes brought Woden to England around the 5th and 6th centuries, continuing his worship until conversion to Christianity...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Persisting Beliefs In Odin
Snorri Sturluson's record of the Edda is striking evidence of the climate of religious tolerance in medieval Iceland, but even he feels c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Etymology
The attested forms of the theonym are traditionally derived from Proto-Germanic *Wōđanaz[1] (in Old Norse word-initial *w- was dropped ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Odin: Encyclopedia Ii - Odin - Medieval Reception
As the chief god of the Germanic pantheon, Odin received particular attention from the early missionaries. For example, his day is the on...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - D
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - D . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article