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Aesir gods
clashes with Vanir gods 3.1, 3.2, 7.1
mistreatment of Gullveig (witch)
survivors of Ragnarok (final great battle)
Amma the Grandma 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Asgard (world of the Aesir gods) 2.1
location 2.1
see also Yggdrasil (ash tree)
Audhumla (sweet-tempered cow) 1.1, 1.2
Aurora borealis 14.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
death 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, aft.1
surviving Ragnarok (final great battle)
Bifrost (flaming bridge) 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 4.2
Bor, sons of 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 18.1, aft.1
see also Odin
Bragi (god of poetry) 17.1, 17.2, aft.1
Brisingamen (necklace) 9.1, 9.2, 10.1
Brokk (dwarf)
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
metalwork 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 10.1, 14.1, aft.1
Buri (god) 1.1, 1.2, bm2.1, bm2.2
destruction 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
Coyote (Native American prankster)
Denmark
Draupnir (gold ring) 6.1, 6.2, 14.1, aft.1
Eagle (eater of the gods’ meal) 12.1, 12.2
Edda the Great Grandma 8.1, 8.2
Elli (giantess) 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Erzulie Fréda Dahomey (voodoo spirit of love)
Fenrir (wolf) fm1.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
as Loki’s child 5.1, 5.2, 18.1
Ragnarok (final great battle) 5.1, 5.2, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Fjalar (dwarf) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Gullinbursti (golden-bristled boar) 6.1, 8.1
love for Gerd 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
Ragnarok (final great battle) 18.1, 18.2
sent by Vanir to Asgard 3.1, 14.1
Freyja (goddess) fm1.1
beauty 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 12.1
Brisingamen (necklace) 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
desired by mason (rock giant) 7.1, 7.2
falcon-feather cloak 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 12.2
gathering fallen human warriors
sent by Vanir to Asgard 3.1, 9.1
Frigg (Odin’s wife) fm1.1
assistance in childbirth 15.1, 15.2
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
as mother 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5
Frost giants
home in Jotunheim 2.1, 4.1, 14.1
theft of Thor’s hammer 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Galar (dwarf) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
Garm (Hel’s hound) 2.1, 5.1, 18.1, 18.2
Gerd (giantess) fm1.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Frey’s love for 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
Gilling (giant) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Ginnungagap (vast emptiness) 1.1, 1.2
Gjallarhorn (Heimdall’s horn) 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, 18.1, aft.1
Gladsheim (Aesir court) 2.1, 7.1, 10.1, 12.1
Gullinbursti (golden-bristled boar) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 8.1, 14.1
Gungnir (Odin’s spear)
Ragnarok (final great battle) 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Gunnlod (giantess) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
Hati Hrodvitnisson (wolf) 1.1, 18.1
Heimdall (Aesir god)
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Gjallarhorn (horn) 8.1, 8.2, 13.1, aft.1
as guard of Asgard 7.1, 8.1, 13.1
Ragnarok (final great battle) 8.1, 18.1, 18.2
Hel (monster) fm1.1
Balder’s imprisonment 5.1, 5.2
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
presiding over realm of the dead 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
Hermod (Odin’s son) 15.1, aft.1
Hlidskjalf (Odin’s high seat) 2.1, 4.1, 12.1, 14.1, 14.2
Hod (Aesir god) 15.1
Balder’s death 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
surviving Ragnarok (final great battle)
Huginn (Odin’s raven) 4.1, 4.2
Humans
destruction of cosmos 18.1, 18.2
fate of fallen warriors 3.1, 3.2
origin of peasant 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
origin of rich and royal people 8.1, 8.2
origin of slaves 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
survivors of Ragnarok (final great battle)
Iceland
poetry and song itr.1, 17.1, 17.2
sagas 3.1, 3.2, aft.1, aft.2, aft.3
Idunn fm1.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Jarngreip (Thor’s iron gloves)
Jormungand (serpent) fm1.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
in Icelandic manuscript aft.1
as monster serpent 5.1, 5.2, 11.1
Ragnarok (final great battle) 5.1, 18.1, 18.2
Jotunheim 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1, 5.1
Kvasir (god)
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Loki fm1.1
Aesir’s revenge on 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4
Balder’s death 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 in cast of characters 184, bm2.1
Freyja and her necklace 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
hunting giants with Thor 11.1, 11.2
Idunn’s apples 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 13.1
inconsistencies aft.1, aft.2, aft.3
as Odin’s blood brother 5.1, 16.1
Ragnarok (final great battle) 8.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
shape-shifting 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1, 9.2, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2
Thor and his hammer 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Mason (rock giant) 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Midgard 2.1
Mimir (god) 3.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Mimisbrunn (well) 4.1, 8.1, 18.1
Mjolnir (Thor’s hammer)
Ragnarok (final great battle) 18.1, 18.2
stolen by frost giants 10.1, 10.2
Moon
desired by mason (rock giant) 7.1, 7.2
Muninn (Odin’s raven) 4.1, 4.2
Muspell (south) 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
Nidhogg (dragon) 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 18.1, 18.2
Niflheim (north)
Njord (Vanir god)
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Norns (giantesses) 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 4.1
Norse culture
Norway
Odin (father god) fm1.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
friendship with Mimir 3.1, 3.2
Idunn’s apples 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
as Loki’s blood brother 5.1, 16.1
lust for knowledge 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 17.1, 17.2
Ragnarok (final great battle) 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
shape-shifting 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
Skadi’s choice of husband 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Sleipnir (horse) 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Old Norse (language) itr.1, fm1.1
Peasants, origins of 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
People see Humans
Poetry 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, aft.1
Poisonous snakes 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5
Ragnarok (final great battle) 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
destruction beforehand 18.1
start of 5.1, 8.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Surt’s flaming sword 13.1, 14.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
wolves catching Sun and Moon 3.1, 18.1
Rich and royal people, origins of 8.1, 8.2
Rock giants 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Roskva (farmer’s daughter) 11.1, 11.2
Servants and slaves 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Loki 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 9.1, 9.2, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2
Sigyn (Loki’s wife) 16.1
Sindri (dwarf) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 10.1, bm2.1, bm2.2
Skadi (Thjazi’s daughter) 13.1, 13.2
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
choosing husband by his feet 13.1, 13.2
laughing at Loki’s joke 13.1, 13.2
marriage to Njord 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Skidbladnir (magical ship) 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 14.1
Skirnir (Frey’s servant)
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
Frey and Gerd 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, aft.1
Skrymir (giant) 11.1, 11.2, bm2.1, bm2.2
Slaves and servants 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Sleipnir (Odin’s horse)
as Odin’s horse 7.1, 15.1, 15.2, 18.1
Snakes, poisonous 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5
Sun
desired by mason (rock giant) 7.1, 7.2
Ragnarok (final great battle) 18.1, 18.2
Surt (giant) 13.1, 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Suttung (giant) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
Svadilfari (stallion) 7.1, 7.2
Thjalfi (farmer’s son) 11.1, 11.2
Thjazi (giant) 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2
Thor (Aesir god) fm1.1
in cast of characters bm2.1, bm2.2
challenges from giants 11.1, 11.2
enjoying Loki’s company 7.1, 10.1
Mjolnir (hammer) 6.1, 7.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
revenge on Loki 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
Thralls (slaves or servants) 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
Thrym (frost giant) 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, bm2.1, bm2.2
Tyr (Aesir god) 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 18.1
Urdarbrunn (sacred well) 4.1, 18.1
Valaskjalf (Odin’s hall) 2.1, 3.1
Valhalla (Asgard hall) 3.1, 3.2, aft.1
Valkyries (Odin’s helper maids) 3.1, 3.2, bm2.1, bm2.2
Vanaheim (world of the Vanir gods) 2.1, 2.2
Vanir gods
clashes with Aesir gods 3.1, 3.2, 7.1
cutting off Mimir’s head 3.1, 3.2
Ve (Bor’s son) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Vidar (Aesir god) 4.1, 18.1, 18.2
Vili (Bor’s son) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Xochipilli (Aztec goddess) 9.1, 9.2
Xochiquetzal (Aztec goddess) 9.1, 9.2
Yggdrasil (ash tree)
as center of cosmos 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
location 4.1
Ragnarok (final great battle) 18.1, 18.2
Ymir (frost giant)