Index of Names

Ægir (ā´jir). God of the deep sea.
Æsir (ā´sir). The twelve gods of Asgard.
Alfheim (ălf´hīm). Home of the elves and of Frey.
Asgard (as´gärd). The home of the Æsir.
Baldur (ba̤l´der). The sun-god.
Bifröst (bē´frẽst). The rainbow bridge.
Bragi (brä´gē). The god of poetry. Husband of Iduna.
Brisingamen (brĭ sing´ä men). Freyja’s necklace.
Brock. One of the dwarfs.
Fenrir. The monster wolf.
Fimbulwinter (fim´bul). The last stormy winter.
Frey (frī). The god of summer and of the elves.
Freyja (frī´yă). The goddess of love and beauty.
Frigga (frĭg´ä). The queen of the gods. Wife of Odin.
Giallar-Horn (Gyäl´lar). Heimdall’s trumpet.
Gladsheim (glădz´hīm). Odin’s palace.
Heimdall (hīm´däl). Guardian of the rainbow bridge.
Hela (hē´lä). Queen of the underworld.
Hermod (hẽr´mod). The messenger-god.
Hodur (ho´der). God of darkness. Baldur’s brother.
Hönir (hẽ´nir). God of mind or thought.
Hymir (hē´mir). The frost giant who owned the great kettle called Mile-deep.
Iduna (ē doon´ä). Goddess of spring.
Jötunheim (yẽ´toon hīm). Home of the giants.
Loki (lō´kē). God of fire.
Midgard. The earth.
Mimir (mē´mir). Guardian of the well of wisdom.
Miölnir (myẽl´nir). Thor’s magic hammer.
Niflheim (nĭfl´hīm). The underground world.
Niörd (nyẽrd). God of the seashore.
Norns. The three Fates.
Odin (ō´din). The father, or chief, of the gods.
Odur (ō´dûr). Freyja’s husband.
Ragnarök (råg´nå rûk). The Twilight of the gods.
Sif. Wife of Thor.
Sindri. One of the dwarfs.
Skadi (skä´dē). Thiassi’s daughter.
Sleipnir (slīp´nir). Odin’s eight-footed steed.
Thiassi (tē äs´sē). A frost giant. Skadi’s father.
Thor (thor or tor). God of thunder.
Tyr (tēr) or Tiu (tū). God of war.
Utgard (o͝ot´gärd). City of the giants, in Jötunheim.
Yggdrasil (ig´drå sil). The world tree.