2006-08-10 07:41:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Didn't Odin pull out one of his eyes or something? I don't know. Norse mythology is boring.
Give me some Babylonians any day.
2006-08-10 07:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vikings were pagans who worshipped a pantheon of gods and goddesses. The stories of Thor, Odin & Freya are myths, similar to the Greek or Celtic mythologies which formed the basis for religious belief in pre-Christian times. Back then, when people believed this, there was no science as we know it today, and definitley no theory of evolution. I don't think these myths should be taken literally, although there is a valuable message in many of them.
2006-08-10 07:50:28 · answer #2 · answered by Red 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My lineage has been traced back to Thor. Thor would agree with the theory of evolution to a degree. As it is obvious that it is true, to a degree. No one knows what created the life force or where it came from. So stop worrying about it.
2006-08-10 07:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You need to take courses to understand your very interesting questions. They are very intelligent questions at root but involve so much study and time to get at the essence of. To briefly answer your question: This is what we know of the "creation story" from Norse mythology. Thor is not the beginning ...
In the beginning there was the void. And the void was called Ginnungagap. What does Ginnungagap mean? Yawning gap, beginning gap, gap with magical potential, mighty gap; these are a few of the educated guesses. Along with the void existed Niflheim the land of fog and ice in the north and Muspelheim the land of fire in the south. There seems to be a bit of confusion as to whether or not these existed after Ginnungagap or along side of it from the beginning.
In Niflheim was a spring called Hvergelmir from which the Elivagar (eleven rivers - Svol, Gunnthra, Fiorm, Fimbulthul, Slidr, Hrid, Sylg, Ylg, Vid, Leiptr, and Gioll) flowed. The Elivargar froze layer upon layer until it filled in the northerly portion of the gap. Concurrently the southern portion was being filled by sparks and molten material from Muspelheim.
The mix of fire and ice caused part of the Elivagar to melt forming the figures Ymir the primeval giant and the cow Audhumla. The cow's milk was Ymir's food. While Ymir slept his under arm sweat begat two frost giants, one male one female, while his two legs begat another male.
While Ymir was busy procreating Audhumla was busy eating. Her nourishment came from licking the salty ice. Her incessant licking formed the god Buri. He had a son named Bor who was the father of Odin, Vili, and Ve.
For some reason the sons of Bor decided to kill poor Ymir. His blood caused a flood which killed all of the frost giants except for two, Bergelmir and his wife, who escaped the deluge in their boat.
Odin, Vili, and Ve put Ymir's corpse into the middle of ginnungagap and created the earth and sky from it. They also created the stars, sun, and moon from sparks coming out of Muspelheim.
Finally, the brothers happened upon two logs lying on the beach and created the first two humans Ask [ash] and Embla [elm or vine] from them.
2006-08-10 09:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by Ouros 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is not a science, is a theory, not enouth proved but accepted.
Thor was not the father of the Gods, was Odin, but the fact a god creates the human in an "allegoric" way is not incompatible with evolution at all.
2006-08-10 07:58:05 · answer #5 · answered by mfacio 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vikings worshiped many mythical gods, including Odin, Thor, Frey, Freya, and Hel.
Odin, the god of wisdom and war, led the pantheon.
His wife was Frigga.
Thor was a slayer of giants and ruler of winds and rain.
Frey was an immoral god of peace and fertility. His sister Freya was goddess of love and fertility. Hel was goddess of the underworld.
2006-08-10 07:51:42 · answer #6 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nah, they just were concerned with pirate type behavior. Evolution wouldn't threaten them at all.
2006-08-10 07:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sacrilege! Odin, Vili, and Ve created man & woman ("Ask" & "Embla") and gave them the realm of Midgard.
All good religious people know this.
2006-08-10 07:52:20 · answer #8 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Evolution is not a science. Science has equal views on evolution and creationism. Neither has been proven and the science community supports neither.
Read a book.
2006-08-10 07:46:49 · answer #9 · answered by ~Gate~ 5 · 0⤊ 7⤋