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"Here we have a historical link with the mythic story of Odin's halls in Asgard and his 12 attendants."
"This is the land of Thor and Odin, whose spirits still inhabit the misty peaks."
"Odin, the Gray Man, the one-eyed, the god of the north, who had taken the form of a warrior to fight for his people."
"We can be certain that the arrival of the Norse people laid the foundations for what we know today as Medieval England."
"People are waking up and starting to see the old Norse ways and what this was in general all about."
"The Norns are female deities in Norse mythology responsible for creating and controlling the fates of the gods and the people in all the realms."
"...there was no USA during the Viking Age, but there were Norse people in North America, and that's what we're going to talk about."
"Did the Norse get to North America? Hell to the yes they did."
"Then Thor comes Earth's son Odin's son to fight the midgard serpent the protector of midgard will kill that serpent in his rage but all humankind will die out of the world when Thor Falls after only nine steps struck down by the Venom of the honorless serpent."
"Norse women, whilst not treated as equals, were allowed some basic rights, including being able to inherit property, request a divorce, and retain their lands in the wake of the end of a marriage."
"Scandinavians have been using skis for thousands of years. Throughout the Viking Age, Norsemen would use skiing as an efficient method of transport in snowy conditions, also utilizing this for hunting."
"During the Viking Age, the land that now makes up Denmark, Norway, and Sweden was ruled over by a patchwork of Norse tribes."
"Fólkvangr, ruled by Freya, is where she chooses half of the dead who die in battle."
"Norse myths are dominantly about personalities."
"...loyalty and honor is something that the Norse and all Germanic peoples valued above all..."
"Ultimately, we wouldn't have so much of the information about certain deities such as Njörðr, Skadi, even tales like Gárdar or Loki we wouldn't know about if it wasn't for Snorri."
"Most of the stories of the gods, most of the information we have comes from this book."
"Odin's journey and life was that of a legend."
"Valhalla, a place within walls guarded by the Aesir, the realm of where the gods live."
"In Norse mythology, the Bifrost was a glimmering Rainbow Bridge which connected the various Realms in existence."
"The Giants of elbaf are like Norse vikings."
"The Norns, known as 'nornir' in Old Norse, are female beings who govern the fate and destiny of all beings in the Norse cosmos."
"Jormungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent, is a prominent figure in Norse mythology."
"The confrontation between Thor and Jormungandr carries profound symbolic significance."
"Shipbuilding became a central focus for Norse economics, culture, and military."
"The Borgund Stave Church is right out of a medieval Norse fantasy."
"Thor is referred to as 'Old Red Beard'."
"The word 'husband' comes to us via Old English, which picked it up from the Norse word 'husbondi,' meaning householder."
"The Norse and the Anglo-Saxons were very closely related; genetically they were both Nordic."
"In the vast expanse of Greenland, it took the Thule and the Norse a long time to come into contact."
"The most common role for the Norse would be that of the warrior."
"Loki plays a major role in almost everything concerning Old Norse mythological accounts."
"Hey, you know how the Fenris Wolf felt when the gods tied him down? He was so sad he held back a tear."
"Hugin and Munin fly around Midgard and report all they see to the all-father Odin."
"It is foretold that Fenrir will have a pivotal role in the apocalyptic events of Ragnarok."
"Odin commanded respect and fear across the nine realms."
"A Norse trident, this is a more unique take on the trident."
"Odin is one of the most complex deities of the Norse pantheon."
"Last year we found an important household article, a tiny stone wheel that was part of a spinning device and is undeniably Norse."
"What's thundering there like a host marching?" asks Bragi, god of poetry. "The noise betokens that Eric shall come," Odin replies.
"They are Odin's undead soldiers from Valhalla."
"The Norse actually had a literacy rate of about 50% in the population, which is absurdly high for medieval societies."
"Loki is not some entirely negative, demonized figure in Norse theology."
"According to Norse mythology, they thought that the northern lights were the bifrost."
"The name Muker is of Norse origin, derived from the Old Norse 'mjór akr', meaning the narrow, newly cultivated field."
"One of the most important deities of Norse mythology and certainly the most important goddess of the Norse pantheon seems to have been put aside intentionally."
"I became fascinated with a poem in the Poetic Edda called Hávamál."
"Actually, a Norseman named Leif Erikson and his Vikings landed there first, 500 years before Columbus."
"Thor, God of Thunder, the King of Asgard."
"I love Norse and Greek mythology a lot."
"I'm on my way to Valhalla at the dwarf king's request to speak to Odin, all-father, one-eyed wanderer, grey runecrafter, Sleipnir rider, and Gungnir wielder."
"We had ascended into the shadow of a huge tract of land; it was the plane of Asgard."
"Elves originate from Norse mythology and within Black Clover, elves and human relationships were very similar to what is believed to have been in Norse mythology."
"Yggdrasil, by the way, is the name of the World Tree that connects all nine realms of Norse mythology."