Terms and Gods to know

Norse

Why did some Norsemen conduct raids on the other European countries?

What were the raiders know as?

Pelt-wearing warriors who fought with crazy fury

Yggdrasil

Asgard

Land of the giants

Land of the dwarves

"Middle Earth" the world of men

Niflheim

Bifrost

All-father of the Gods, bringer of wisdom, traded an eye for wisdom

Odin's wife and queen, protector of marriage, mother of Balder, sits on spinning wheel day after day

Most beloved God, totally pure, his tragic death was caused by Loki

God of thunder, magic hammer named Mjolnir, his wife is Sif, giants are his worst enemies and they are in constant battle

God of single combat, lost one of his hands to Fenrir, a giant wolf

Heimdall

Freya

Loki

Odin's battle maidens who determines outcome of battles, carry victorious dead to Hall of Odin Valhalla, feast and wait for Ragnarok, fight against Loki and giants with Aesir.

3 female creatures who control the fate of the races, one sees past, present and future, sit at the Well of Urd at the base of the World Tree

Giants

Short and hairy creatures that live in Svartheim, land of dwarves, master craftsmen who work underground

Day of doom that destroys everything, God's try to prevent it, world tree will burn, Mani and Sol will be devoured by wolves of darkness that chase them