Ancient Vikings by DatBoiz576 https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr Made with whimsy en-us 2018-02-21 22:11:03 UTC 2025-04-24 12:27:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Thor benpinner https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234016733  was the god of war, thunder and strength. Thor destroyed the enemies of the gods with his magic hammer. It was he who chased away the frosts and called gentle winds and warm spring rains to release the earth from its bondage of ice and snow. He was also the god of the household and of the common people. He even married Sif a peasant woman. The lightning’s flash was his mighty hammer, Mjollnir, hurled in battle with the frost giants, and the rolling thunder was the rumble of his fiery chariot.]]> 2018-02-21 22:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234016733 Oden benpinner https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234018053
For a very long time, the Vikings believed in many gods and goddesses. These gods were called the Norse gods, or gods of the north. The gods of the Vikings looked like ordinary people. They had the same faults that people have like jealously and temper. The Norse gods were not immortal, but they lived very long lives and had magical powers.  The Norse gods made their home high in the sky, in a place called Asgard. The gods' palaces were made of gold and silver. The prettiest and biggest of them all was Odin's home

]]> 2018-02-21 22:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234018053 Freya benpinner https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234021611 Freya is the Goddess of love in , but she is also associated with sex, lust, beauty, sorcery, fertility, gold, war and death. The name Freya (in Old Norse “Freyja)” means “lady”, and can also be spelled (Freya, Freija, Frejya, Freyia, Fröja, Frøya, Frøjya, Freia, Freja, Frua and Freiya). She does not originate from the Aesir but she is from the Vanir, she and two other Gods was sent to the Aesir by the Vanir as a token of truce, in return the Aesir also sent two Gods to the Vanir. Freya became an honorable member of the Aesir after the war between the Aesir and Vanir ended.]]> 2018-02-21 22:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234021611 Balder benpinner https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234022841 The meaning and etymology of his name are uncertain and have been the topic of intense scholarly debate. Numerous possibilities have been proposed, including a derivation from the root *bhel- (“white”), Old Norse bál, “fire,” or a hypothesized word for “lord” common to various Germanic languages. The most straightforward – and probably correct – explanation, however, is that his name comes from the Old Norse word baldr, “bold.”[2][3] Scholars have been reluctant to accept this explanation due to its implication of a warlike character for Baldur. But as we’ll see below, Baldur may not have been as innocent and passive as he’s portrayed to be in the late Old Norse literary source that provides the most extensive description of the god and the tales in which he features.]]> 2018-02-21 22:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234022841 Sif benpinner https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234024045 Sif
“Sif” by John Charles Dollman (1909)
Sif is a Norse goddess who is mentioned somewhat often in, but only in passing references. Virtually the only thing we know about her is that she is the wife of the storm-god . Her name seems to mean “relation by marriage,” so even here we find nothing of a personality or function – just a familial association

]]> 2018-02-21 22:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234024045 Fenrir benpinner https://padlet.com/benpinner/zepxbbgfh6tr/wish/234024555      <img height="1" width="1" srcid=154643575315468&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>  
Fenrir, also called Fenrisúlfr, monstrous  of . He was the son of the demoniac god  and a giantess, . Fearing Fenrir’s strength and knowing that only evil could be expected of him, the gods bound him with a magical chain made of the sound of a cat’s footsteps, the beard of a woman, the breath of fish, and other occult elements. When the chain was placed upon him, Fenrir bit off the hand of the god . He was gagged with a sword and was destined to lie bound to a rock until the  (Doomsday), when he will break his bonds and fall upon the gods. According to one version of the , Fenrir will devour the sun, and in the Ragnarök he will fight against the chief god  and swallow him. Odin’s son  will avenge his father, stabbing the wolf to the heart according to one account and tearing his jaws asunder according to another. Fenrir figures prominently in Norwegian and Icelandic poetry of the 10th and 11th centuries, and the poets speak apprehensively of the day when he 
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