The conception that diseases and death come from invisible shots sent by supernatural beings, or magicians is common in Germanic and Norse mythology.

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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 ).

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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.

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Bilskirnir ( Old Norse " lightning-crack ") is the hall of the god Thor in Norse mythology.

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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.

In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr, or " Midgarðsormr " was a sea serpent so long that it encircled the entire world, Midgard.

In Norse mythology the World Serpent ( or Midgard serpent ) known as Jörmungandr encircled the world in the ocean's abyss biting its own tail.

Jörmungandr, alternately referred to as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent, is a sea serpent of the Norse mythology, the middle child of Loki and the giantess Angrboða.

This encounter between Thor and Jörmungandr seems to have been one of the most popular motifs in Norse art.

In Norse mythology, it appears as the serpent Jörmungandr, one of the three children of Loki and Angrboda, who grew so large that it could encircle the world and grasp its tail in its teeth.

* Thor vs. Jörmungandr ( Norse )

Such stories also have counterparts in other Indo-European mythologies: the slaying of the serpent Vritra by Indra in Vedic religion, the battle between Thor and Jörmungandr in the Norse story of Ragnarok, the Greek account of the defeat of the Titan Typhon by Zeus.

* Jörmungandr, the Norse Midgard Serpent.

Thor's exploits, including his relentless slaughter of his foes and fierce battles with the monstrous serpent Jörmungandr — and their foretold mutual deaths during the events of Ragnarök — are recorded throughout sources for Norse mythology.

" Indo-European examples of this mythic trope include Thor vs. Jörmungandr ( Norse ), Tarhunt vs. Illuyanka ( Hittite ), Indra vs. Vritra ( Vedic ), Θraētaona vs. Aži Dahāka ( Zorastrian ), and Zeus vs. Typhon ( Greek ) among others.

The title refers to Ouroboros ( Jörmungandr in Norse mythology ), the snake or dragon that swallows its own tail and therefore has no terminus ( in Old English, the word " worm " could mean a serpent or dragon ).

The largest and most famous of the stones is the Ardre VIII stone, dated to the 8th or 9th century, depicts scenes from Norse mythology, notably the Lay of Weyland the smith, Thor fishing for Jörmungandr, the punishment of Loki for the death of Baldr, and Odin riding to Valhalla on Sleipnir.

Moreover, a comparison with the evil Jörmungandr ( Norse world-serpent and deity of the sea ) is accurate, given his description.

The central fountain is crowned by a sculpture by Anders Henrik Wissler, Tors fiske ( Thor fishing ), depicting the Norse god Thor slaying the sea serpent Jörmungandr.

Hedeby (, Old Norse Heiðabýr, German Haithabu ) was an important trading settlement in the Danish-northern German borderland during the Viking Age.

Saint Olga (, also called Olga Prekrasna ( Ольга Прекрасна ), or Olga the Beauty, hypothetically Old Norse: Helga ; in some Scandinavian sources she was called by other names.

In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (, or ), typically spelled Ragnarǫk in the handwritten scripts, is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures ( including the gods Odin, Thor, Týr, Freyr, Heimdallr, and Loki ), the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water.

Rurik or Riurik (, Old East Norse: Rørik, meaning " famous ruler "; ca 830 – ca 879 ) was a Varangian chieftain who gained control of Ladoga in 862, built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod, and founded the Rurik Dynasty which ruled Russia until the 17th century.

Wends (, Old Norse: Vindr,,,, ) is a historic name for West Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas.

Baffin Island (,, Old Norse: Helluland ), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.

Staffa (, ) from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island, is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Tove (, ) is a Scandinavian given name which derives from the Old Norse name Tófa, a shortening of Thorfrithr, " beautiful Thor " or " peace of Thor.

In Slavic mythology and Norse mythology, vodyanoy (, literally " watery "), vodyanoi, Belarusian vadzianik (), Ukrainian vodianyk (), Polish wodnik, Czech and Slovak vodník, Bulgarian and Macedonian vodnik (), Slovene povodni mož or Serbian vodenjak ( Cyrillic: водењак ) and Norwegian havmannen is a male water spirit.

Eriskay (, ), from the Old Norse for " Eric's Isle ", is an island and community council area of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland.

Olaf (,, or British ; Old Norse: Ōleifr, Anleifr ; Old English: Ǣlāf, Anlāf ) is a Germanic name of Proto-Germanic origin, meaning " ancestor's heirloom ".

The Battle of Stiklestad (, Old Norse: Stiklarstaðir ) in 1030 is one of the most famous battles in the history of Norway.

Halfdan (,, Medieval, Proto-Norse: * Halbadaniz, " half Dane ") was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding ( Skjöldung ) lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named Hróar and Helgi in Old Norse accounts.

Landnámabók (, “ The Book of Settlements ”), often shortened to Landnáma, is a medieval Icelandic written work describing in considerable detail the settlement ( landnám ) of Iceland by the Norse in the 9th and 10th centuries AD.