Saturday, April 26, 2008

The belive in pagans

In the early times the vikings where heathen and they belive in pagan gods.

Óðinn was the most powerful of the pagan gods and he was desicriped as king. He had two ravens named Huginn and Muginn witch sat on his shoulders and a horse called Sleipnir witch had eight feet. Óðinn only had one eye because he gave it away to get more wisdom. His wife was Frigg and he lived in Valhöll and if someone died in fight went they to Óðinn's home.


Óðinn and Sleipnir


Þór was son of Óðinn and he was the thunderpagan , he was the strongest of them.He protected the pagans for the giants and he used his hammer Mjölni for that. His wife was Sif and his children where Þuríður, Móður and Magni.



Baldur was son of Óðinn, he lived in Breiðablik with his wife Nanna og his son Forseti. He was beautiful, good and paceful but he knew how to fight.

Njörður lived in Nóatún he was pagan of the sea and sailing his children where Freyja and Freyr.

Frigg was the pagan of love and marriage, like many goddness she was moody and she lived in place called Fensalir and three women served her named Fulla, Gná and Hlín.

Frigg

Hel is the goddness of the underworld, if someone died from old age or illness went to her. Hel was half blue and half skin colored .




Freyja is daughter og Njörður, her hoseband was Óður he left long time ago and never returned ,Freyja was alone and cryed tears of gold and she was Óðinn's mistress. She travelt in vehicle witch was dragged by cats.




Iðunn kept the apples witch pagans ate when they where getting old and got young again.


The giants was the oldest of living creatures. The communications between the giants and pagans was always very bad. The giants was decicriped that they where stronger than humans, stronger and much uglier.

Valkyrjur followed Óðinn, they decided who died in battle and they where waitress in Valhöll




Worship pagans gods was before battle or when oath was sworn and animal blood was put on pagan icons.


- Aðalbjörg



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