What can you tell me about Asgard?

Answer 1

Asgard: The heavenly residence of the Norse gods and slain heroes of war. This is Norse God Headquarters, where the Aesir live and rule.

Asgard lies at the far side of Bifrost, the Rainbow Bridge, and security is very tight. You won't get in unless you're a dead hero on the way to Valhalla via the tradesman's entrance. The halls of Asgard have been built to withstand the onslaught of giants, and for extra security the exact geography of the place is a closely-guarded secret.

Answer 2

Asgard is the home of the gods in Norse mythology, and is a grave and solemn place, over which hangs the threat of doom. The gods know that they must die and when they do Asgard will fall in ruins.One of the halls of Asgard is Valhalla, where the heroes after death comes, attended by the Valkyries(Choosers of the Slains).The gods of Asgard are called Aesir,whose chief enemy was the giants.
The gods of Asgard are : Odin, Balder, Thor, Freyr, Heimdall and Tyr.Loki was the trouble maker among the gods. If you want to know about Norse mythology in more details, read the book Mythology by Edith Hamilton. Its a great book to start with.

Answer 3

According to old Norse beliefs, and current Asatrú beliefs, Asgard is the home of the Aesir gods and goddesses.

Those humans who are fortunate enough to die an honourable and heroic death can enter Valhalla which is located within the walls of Asgard.

Answer 4

Asgard is the realm of the gods, it is the upper most realm in the germanic/norse mythos. It's located at the top of the tree of life-Yggdrasil. Most of the aesir & some of the vanir gods make their home there. One crosses over into asgard via the rainbow bridge, which is guarded by Heimdal, whose hearing is so accute that he can hear the grass grow... so there really is no sneaking in...

Answer 5

Looks like you've got some good answers, but somebody said that most of the "Aesir and Vanir" make their homes there. Actually, Asgard is the home only of the Aesir; the Vanir live for the most part in Vanaheim, another world in Norse mythology. Only three members of the Vanir--Njord, god of the sea, and his twin children Frey and Freyja--make their home in Asgard. They came to live in Asgard with the Aesir after the great war between the Aesir and the Vanir, sometime soon after the creation of the world(s).

In exchange for Njord and Frey and Freyja, two members of the Aesir were given as hostages to the Vanir--Hoenir and Mimir. Eventually the Vanir became upset with the trade, chopped off Mimir's head and sent it back to Asgard to Othin (Odin), the All-Father of the gods. Othin preserved Mimir's head and consults it in times of trouble.

In my mind the most interesting story about Asgard involves the building of the wall around it. If memory serves, the gods wanted to re-build the wall around Asgard after it had been damaged during the Aesir-Vanir war. A worker came and offered to re-build the wall, requesting that he be given Freyja and the sun and the moon (if I remember correctly) as payment.

This sounded a little disturbing to the gods, who didn't want to give up some of their most prized possessions, but eventually they agreed, adding the stipulation that the wall had to be finished by a certain date. Their thinking was that he would never be able to finish the wall in time and would therefore forfeit his price, and the gods would get at least half a wall built for nothing.

However, the gods also allowed this worker (who was actually a giant in disguise) to use his horse to help him work, and so strong and mighty were the worker and his horse that they day by which the wall was to be completed was approaching and it seemed that they might actually accomplish their feat. The gods were greatly disturbed by this, and tried to think of what to do.

Eventually Loki (usually thought of as a trickster and mischief-maker, but in this case quite indispensable to the gods) had the bright idea of turning himself into a mare and parading in front of the worker's horse. Enticed, the worker's horse hurried off after Loki, and without the aid of his beast of burden, the worker was unable to finish his work on the wall by the appointed time. He was so furious at being tricked out of the bargain that he had made that he flew into a rage, and at this the gods knew for certain that it was indeed a giant in disguise. Thor, Odin's son and giant-slayer extraordinaire, swung his hammer and killed the giant dead.

Meanwhile, Loki and the giant's stallion had been busy, and some time later Loki arrived back at Asgard, bringing with him an amazing eight-legged foal that he had born as a mare. (Weird, I know, Loki: a mother.) This eight-legged horse was Sleipnir, and became Odin's prized steed.

I can't remember the giant's name offhand (it is mentioned in the mythology) or the name of his horse...and I might be a tad off on some details, but that's the story, more or less.

Answer 6

It is the realm of the Aesir or the Northern Gods;the Olympus of Scandanavian mythology.It is said to be situated in the center of the Universe,and only to be accessible by the Rainbow bridge,Bifrost.It contains many regions such as Gladsheim and Valhalla.The word comes from Old Norse Asgarthr- ***-God, and garthyr-Enclosure.

Answer 7

It's a place in another world in ancienf Norse mythology with some connexion to Mesopotamia.

Answer 8

Well it has a couple of good German restaurants but nothing specail

Answer 9

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