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Asgard Stories

by Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings

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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.

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