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Ragnarök
“Ragnarök” translates from Old Norse as “Fate of the Gods” or “Twilight of the Gods” and it represents a prophetic series of events.
Ragnarok mindre, Johannes Gehrts. (Creative Commons)
Yggdrasil
The tree of life connecting the worlds of Norse mythology
Yulia Buchatskaya. (Adobe Stock Images)
Jörmungandr
A child of Loki and Angrboða, Jörmungandr is the world serpent who circles the world with their tail in their mouth.
“Jörmungandr (the World Serpent) from the Edda oblongata, a 17th-century illuminated manuscript of the 13th-century CE Prose Edda.” (World History)
Odin
The son of Borr and Bestla, the one-eyed Odin helped create the world and battles Fenrir during Ragnarök.
Odin holding Gungnir. (Adobe Stock)
The Norns
Three maidens who live by base of Yggdrasil, and who weave the fates of men
An engraving of the Norns from page 7 of Fredrik Sander’s 1893 edition of the Poetic Edda; Edda Sämund den vises : skaldeverk af fornnordiska myt- och hjältesånger om de götiska eller germaniska folkens gamla gudatro, sagominnen och vandringar / öfversättning från isländskan af Fredrik Sander ; med bilder af nordiska konstnärer. Stockholm, Norstedt. (Creative Commons)
Thor
The son of Odin and Jord, Thor is the god of thunder and battles Jörmungandr during Ragnarök.
Thor tries to lift Jörmungandr in the guise of a cat (1872) (Creative Commons)
Hyrmr
A giant who is fishing with Thor when he catches Jörmungandr, described in the poem Húsdrápa
The Elder or Poetic Edda; commonly known as Sæmund’s Edda. Edited and translated with introduction and notes by Olive Bray. Illustrated by W.G. Collingwood (1908). (Creative Commons)
Hel
One of Loki’s children, Hel is the goddess of death and ruled Niflheim, the World of Darkness.
Hel, the personification of the Norse underworld. Johannes Gehrts, 1855–1921. (Creative Commons)
Fenrir
A child of Loki and Angerboda, Fenrir is an enormous wolf chained to a rock until Ragnarok when he will break free.
Guerber, H. A., ‘Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and Sagas,’ 1909. (Creative Commons)
The Poetic and Prose Eddas
Collections of Old Norse narrative poems, both collections are considered primary soures to the study of Old Norse poetry.
Old Icelandic manuscript 748 I 4to, containing a part of the Eddic poem Skírnismál. (Creative Commons)
Old Norse Weaving
The Norns are weavers, learn more about Norse weaving methods and textiles.
Warp Weighed Loom (The Anglo-Saxon Loom from Pakenham)
