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Norse and mythology
The conception that diseases and death come from invisible shots sent by supernatural beings, or magicians is common in Germanic and Norse mythology.
Category: Locations in Norse mythology
Alfheim (, " elf home ") is one of the Nine Worlds and home of the Light Elves in Norse mythology and appears also in Anglo-Scottish ballads under the form Elfhame ( Elphame, Elfame ) as a fairyland, sometimes modernized as Elfland ( Elfinland, Elvenland ).
Category: Locations in Norse mythology
In Norse mythology, Ask and Embla ( from Old Norse Askr ok Embla )— male and female respectively — were the first two humans, created by the gods.
Ægir ( Old Norse " sea ") is a sea giant, god of the ocean and king of the sea creatures in Norse mythology.
* Norse mythology
The word aegis is identified with protection by a strong force with its roots in Greek mythology and adopted by the Romans ; there are parallels in Norse mythology and in Egyptian mythology as well, where the Greek word aegis is applied by extension.
In Norse mythology, the dragon Fafnir ( best known in the form of a dragon slain by Sigurðr ) bears on his forehead the Ægis-helm ( ON ægishjálmr ), or Ægir's helmet, or more specifically the " Helm of Terror ".
In Norse mythology, Bifröst ( or sometimes Bilröst ) is a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard ( the world ) and Asgard, the realm of the gods.
Scholars have proposed that the bridge may have originally represented the Milky Way and have noted parallels between the bridge and another bridge in Norse mythology, Gjallarbrú.
Baldr ( also Balder, Baldur ) is a god in Norse mythology.
In Norse mythology, Breiðablik ( Broad-gleaming ) is the home of Baldr.
Category: Locations in Norse mythology
Bilskirnir ( Old Norse " lightning-crack ") is the hall of the god Thor in Norse mythology.
Category: Locations in Norse mythology
In Norse mythology, Brísingamen ( from Old Norse brisinga " flaming, glowing " and men " jewellery, ornament ") is the necklace of the goddess Freyja.
Category: Artifacts in Norse mythology
Bragi is the skaldic god of poetry in Norse mythology.

Norse and Hoy
Hoy ( from Norse Háey meaning high island ) is an island in Orkney, Scotland.
Scapa Flow ( Old Norse: Skalpaflói —" bay of the long isthmus ") is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy.
In the 15th century towards the end of Norse rule in Orkney, the islands were run by the jarls from large manor farms, some of which were sited at Burray, Burwick, Paplay, Hoy, and Cairston ( near Stromness ) to guard the entrances to the Flow.
Fara ( Old Norse: Færey ) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy.

Norse and is
In Norse religion, Asgard ( Old Norse: Ásgarðr ; meaning " Enclosure of the Æsir ") is one of the Nine Worlds and is the country or capital city of the Norse Gods surrounded by an incomplete wall attributed to a Hrimthurs riding the stallion Svaðilfari, according to Gylfaginning.
According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Asgard is derived from Old Norse āss, god + garðr, enclosure ; from Indo-European roots ansu-spirit, demon ( see cognate ahura ) + gher-grasp, enclose ( see cognates garden and yard ).< ref >; See also ansu-and gher -< sup > 1 </ sup > in " Appendix I: Indo-European Roots " in the same work .</ ref >
Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is mentioned only twice in Old Norse texts.
Old Norse askr literally means " ash tree " but the etymology of embla is uncertain, and two possibilities of the meaning of embla are generally proposed.
( from Icelandic for " Æsir faith ", pronounced, in Old Norse ) is a form of Germanic neopaganism which developed in the United States from the 1970s.
is an Icelandic ( and equivalently Old Norse ) term consisting of two parts.
The first is -, genitive of, denoting one of the group of Norse heathen gods called.
The term is the Old Norse / Icelandic translation of, a neologism coined in the context of 19th century romantic nationalism, used by Edvard Grieg in his 1870 opera Olaf Trygvason.
( plural ), the term used to identify those who practice Ásatrú is a compound with ( Old Norse ) " man ".
A Goði or Gothi ( plural goðar ) is the historical Old Norse term for a priest and chieftain in Norse paganism.
Ægir is an Old Norse word meaning " terror " and the name of a destructive giant associated with the sea ; ægis is the genitive ( possessive ) form of ægir and has no direct relation to Greek aigis.
The exact derivation is unclear, with the Old English fiæll or feallan and the Old Norse fall all being possible candidates.

Norse and location
Niflheim ( or Niflheimr ) (" Mist Home ", the " Abode of Mist " or " Mist World ") is one of the Nine Worlds and is a location in Norse mythology which overlaps with the notions of Niflhel and Hel.
The Norse god Odin, carrying the spear Gungnir on his ride to Hel ( location ) | Hel
Although it is generally agreed, based on the saga descriptions, that Helluland includes Baffin Island, and Markland represents at least the southern part of the modern Labrador, there has been considerable controversy over the location of the actual Norse landings and settlement.
She goes on to say that Norse cosmology may have been influenced by these Asiatic cosmologies from a northern location.
* Álfheimr, a location in Norse mythology
* Valhalla, a similar location in Norse mythology
Named after English explorer William Baffin, it is likely that the island was known to Pre-Columbian Norse of Greenland and Iceland and may be the location of Helluland, spoken of in the Icelandic sagas ( the Saga of Erik the Red ( Eiríks saga rauða ) and the Grœnlendinga saga ).
In Norse mythology, Hel, the location, shares a name with Hel, a female figure associated with the location.
In Norse mythology, Fensalir ( Old Norse " Fen Halls ") is a location where the goddess Frigg dwells.
Scholars have proposed theories about the implications of the location, including that the location may have some connection to religious practices involving springs, bogs, or swamps in Norse paganism, and that it may be connected to the goddess Sága's watery location Sökkvabekkr.
In Norse mythology, Hoddmímis holt ( Old Norse " Hoard-Mímir's " holt ) is a location where Líf and Lífþrasir are foretold to survive the long winters of Fimbulvetr.
In Norse mythology, Ýdalir (" yew-dales ") is a location containing a dwelling owned by the god Ullr.
" According to Hilda Ellis Davidson, while Valhalla " is well known because it plays so large a part in images of warfare and death ," the significance of other halls in Norse mythology such as Ýdalir, and the goddess Freyja's afterlife location Fólkvangr has been lost.
Robert Bevan-Jones proposes a connection between veneration of Ullr and Ýdalir among the settling pagan Norse in Scotland and their bestowment of the name ydalr to the location.
The island is a location mentioned in several instances in Norse mythology, including as the dwelling of the sea jötunn Ægir and as a feasting place of the Norse gods, the Æsir.
It is a testimony to the sanctity of the location in the mindset of medieval Norse pagans that Gamla Uppsala was the last stronghold of pagan Germanic kingship.
The early proponents of the Götaland theory proposed ideas about Västergötland, and the Lake Väner region in particular, being the origin not only of the Geats, but also of the Suiones, the Danes ; and furthermore the location of various phenomena in Norse mythology, such as Odin's Sithun ( Sigtuna ), Valhall, and the ashtree Yggdrasil.
It is claimed that the name Montrose stems from ' Mouth Hrossay ' due to the location at the outlets of the River Esk near Rossie Island ( Norse: horse island ).

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