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In Norse mythology, Midgard is the Earth. It was created when the supreme god, Odin and his ...
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Aegir was a fierce god of the sea in Norse and Celtic mythology. He and his wife, Ran, had ...
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Njord was the god of the sea and wind in Norse mythology. He was the father of Freyr and Freya. ...
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In Norse mythology, Thor was the god of thunder. He produces thunder with his hammer, called ...
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In the early centuries after the birth of Christ, Tyr was a powerful god of the sky and war. ...
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Odin was the mighty god to the Norsemen. He was called All-Father. He is pictured as a middle-aged ...
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Norse mythology associates the aurora with the beautiful goddess, Freya, daughter of Njord ...
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In Norse mythology, it is believed that the northern lights (the aurora) were light reflected ...
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In Norse mythology, Freyr is linked with the Sun. His parents were the sea god Njord and the ...
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One of the volcanoes on the planet of Venus is named after the Norse goddess Sif. Most of the ...
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Did you know that in Norse mythology, there is a huge rainbow bridge called Bifrost that connects Midgard, the realm of humans, to Asgard, the home of the gods?
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