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Norse Mythology
gods. Together all the gods lived in Asgard Creation Myth. The Eddic poem Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress) portrays a period of primeval chaos
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Yggdrasil
The first textual sighting of Yggdrasil was in Völuspá which is the first poem of the Poetic Edda. The seeress who is the speaker in Völuspá devotes
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Dwarves
Völuspá details that the dwarfs were the product of the primordial blood of the being Brimir and the bones of Bláinn , whereas the Prose Edda
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Norns
in classical mythology. According to Snorri Sturluson 's interpretation of the Völuspá , the three most important norns, Urðr (Wyrd
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Jormungandor
are the Prose Edda , Húsdrápa , Hymiskviða , and Völuspá . Less important sources include kennings in skaldic poetry . For example in Þórsdrápa
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Nov 19 2010, 8:44 AM EST by MattHadder
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