Norse mythology?

Question

what are the top 10 most important norse gods? (need to do collage level reserch paper due monday december 10th) HELP! thx!

Answer 1

1st : LOKI
2nd : ODIN
3rd : THOR
4th : FREYA
5th : RAGNAROK
6th : ASGARD
7th : BALDUR
8th : TYR
9th : VALKYRIES
10th : FENRIR

Answer 2

Ok you have two good sources (Thrud and Spydr) the rest for the love of the gods please ignore. Please.
Once again, Sara stop informing people on Norse. You are always wrong and set yourself up for every Heathen on the yahoo boards to rip you apart. You listed "gods" that aren't even "gods" in the lowest of academic circles. Fenris is NOT a god. As show above. Ragnarok is an EVENT not a person and the valkeryie are Odin's "helpers" with no divinity really at all.
If you want to know about the Norse gods, ask a Heathen.

Freyja and Frigga are NOT the same. Good godess if you think that you haven't read anything about Norse Mythology. While there are SOME who theorize that they are the same, MOST academic and EVERY Asatru will tell you they are NOT the same. As one who has interacted with both and pretty regular basis, I can tell you they are nothing alike.

The rest aren't important? *sigh* I don't even know where to start with that. The main point being, those of us who honor these gods don't feel ANY are more important then the other. Some play a larger role in our lives, but that by no means makes them less important.

None of these beings are "immortal" in the same sense that most traditionally known. CAN they live forever? Technically as long as they eat the apples. WILL they? Nope, read up on Ragnarok. Will clear that right up.

Now ten of the most POPULAR and well known are:
Odin
Frigga
Freyja
Tyr
Thor (probably the most so)
Freyr
Loki (Life in Asgard would be boring with out him, though there are those who argue whether Loki is an actual god or not)
Heimdall
Baldr
And I personally like Foresti. :)

Answer 3

Æsir, Vanir, or Giants? In Norse Mythology, they were all immortal.

Æsir: Odin, Bauldr, Heimdall, Thor, Loki, Frigg, Forseti, Hermóðr, Tyr, & Ullr.

There are only three Vanir: Njord, Freyr, and Freyja.

Giants: Thrym, Sutur, Jörmungandr, Fenrir, and Hel.


RAGNAROK: the end of the nine worlds, the gods, and all humans save 2: Lif (life), and Lifranthir, (desiring life). Bauler returns from Hel, and a new world reins.

ASGARD: actually spelled YSGARD, is the world that the gods reside upon, connected to the Mortal World, Midgard, by the Bifrost Bridge.

Answer 4

"The other goddesses aren't very important."
"Rest of them aren't really important. Hope this helped."

It didn't...and they "aren't important" according to whom exactly?? Care to enlighten us heathens?

"Many say that almost rest of the goddesses are other "forms" of Freya and Frigg."

And those that say that aren't the ones honoring them i can tell you......

"First of all, Sara may be a top contributor to Myth and Folklore, but four of the things she listed are not gods."

Ain't that the truth........the C&P queen strikes again. She can cut and post links like a banshee but shows she has little grasp of the topic.

"Google it! You can copy just as fast from the source!"

Why not instead search for some of us here who actually "do it" instead?

EDIT: "Æsir, Vanir, or Giants? In Norse Mythology, they were all immortal."

No, no they were not. See a) Skáldskaparmal, and b) If they were immortal, Frigg would not have to have taken oaths fromm all things to not harm Balder and mistletoe would not have killed him.

"There are only three Vanir: Njord, Freyr, and Freyja."

No....theya re the only 3 we are aware of, while we have a lot, we lost a lot as well.

"Giants: Thrym, Sutur, Jörmungandr, Fenrir, and Hel."

Jörmungandr and Fenris are not giants, Jörmungandr is the World Serpent and Fenris is a wolf, along with Hela they compose Loki's offspring with the giantess Angraboda.

Answer 5

First of all, Sara may be a top contributor to Myth and Folklore, but four of the things she listed are not gods.

The Norse had a very flexible pantheon. Each clan or group chose the deities they would work with. One of the most common groups was Odin, Tyr, and Frey. Women tended toward Freya and Frigga. Thor was considered the god of the working man. Loki was the trickster, and generally not worshipped outright, but ocassionally propiated if it was felt that someone had offended him. Other gods were Iduna, Balder, Sif, Forseti, Bragi, Heimdall and Holda.
The question naming top 10 really came down to which group of Norse (men, women, warriors, farmers etc.) you were dealing with.

Answer 6

there are a number of books that look reliable (verify Amazon), yet i will in user-friendly terms advise those i in my view study: For an uncomplicated analyzing, a surprising, speedy introduction: Thunder of the Gods with the help of Dorothy Hosford (initially revealed 1958) covers the main figures & geneology (Odin, Thor, Balder & Loki) and places (Asgard, Valhalla) yet another truly uncomplicated study (great for little ones, yet adults will delight in it too): renowned Norse Myths with the help of Mary Pope Osborne and Troy Howell (2001) a magnificent reference/analyze source (even nonetheless not fairly as uncomplicated a study: Norse Mythology: A instruction manual to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and ideology with the help of John Lindow (2002) want the real element? The source of Norse mythology? not an uncomplicated study, yet actual to the middle: The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology translated with the help of Jesse Byock (2006) Written with the help of Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda is the source of maximum of what all of us understand of Norse mythology. Its thoughts are peopled with the help of giants, dwarves, and elves, superhuman heroes and indomitable warrior queens. Its gods stay with the tragic expertise of their own drawing close destruction interior the cataclysmic conflict of Ragnarok. Its time scale spans the eons from the international’s introduction to its violent end.

Answer 7

Loki, Odin, and Thor are VERY important. They form the plots and all. Then Freya and Freyr Vanir twins would come next.

Freya's quite important despite being a Goddess. She is known to have half the slain in the battle and Odin has the other half in Valhalla. Yes, I don't really know what she does with all these dead warriors, but there, she's VERY VERY important.

And there's Frigg, Odin's wife. There is also Idun, the keeper of the apples of youth. The other goddesses aren't very important. Many say that almost rest of the goddesses are other "forms" of Freya and Frigg.

There is Baldur, the god of light, slain by the deceit of Loki. After his death follows countless disasters and finally Ragnarok.

There is Heimdall, the guardian of AEsir. He is known to have nine mothers, all siblings, the daughters of AEgir. They are known as Nine Waves.

There is also Ve and Vili, the brothers of Odin.

Rest of them aren't really important. Hope this helped.

Answer 8

"The rest of them are not important" and "The other goddesses are non important" Well, well, we might not know much about them, but whoever says their not important isn't one that honors or worships them!!

I think Thud and HD are right on. While there are many gods, each of them just as important as the others in different ways, there are generally more well known gods and goddesses because there is more information found about them. Other gods and goddesses are important, we just have lost much info on them. Look in any book about Germanic/Teutonic gods, Norse gods, and most of the more known gods and goddesses with have their own chapters.

Answer 9

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