Norse mythology

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Germanic mythology mythology pre-Christian belief system religious tradition

Norse mythology is the body of pre-Christian Scandinavian myths and legends featuring gods like Odin and Thor, cosmological worlds such as Asgard and Midgard, and apocalyptic events like Ragnarök.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Old Norse religion 8
Norse cosmology 5
Germanic mythology 4

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic mythology ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
pre-Christian belief system ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
associatedWithPeople Germanic peoples ⓘ
surface form: Norse people
centralTheme apocalypse ⓘ
fate ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
honor ⓘ
cosmologyIncludes Nine Worlds ⓘ
featuresBeing Moirae ⓘ
surface form: Norns

dwarfs ⓘ
elves ⓘ
giants ⓘ
valkyries ⓘ
featuresCreature Fenrir ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
surface form: Huginn and Muninn

Jormungandr ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
surface form: Sleipnir
featuresEvent Aesir–Vanir War ⓘ
Ragnarok ⓘ
creation of the world from Ymir ⓘ
death of Baldr ⓘ
featuresObject Bifrost ⓘ
Draupnir ⓘ
Gjallarhorn ⓘ
Gungnir ⓘ
Mjolnir ⓘ
featuresPlace Alfheim ⓘ
Asgard ⓘ
Helheim ⓘ
Jotunheim ⓘ
Midgard ⓘ
Muspelheim ⓘ
Niflheim ⓘ
Svartalfheim ⓘ
Vanaheim ⓘ
Yggdrasil ⓘ
hasDeity Baldr ⓘ
Bragi ⓘ
Freyja ⓘ
Freyr ⓘ
Frigg ⓘ
Heimdall ⓘ
surface form: Heimdallr

Hel ⓘ
Idunn ⓘ
Loki ⓘ
Njord ⓘ
Odin ⓘ
Sif ⓘ
Skadi ⓘ
Thor ⓘ
Tyr ⓘ
Ullr ⓘ
hasDeityGroup Aesir ⓘ
Vanir ⓘ
hasOrigin Northern Europe ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
hasSource Poetic Edda ⓘ
Prose Edda ⓘ
sagas ⓘ
skaldic poetry ⓘ
influenced modern neopaganism ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
relatedMythology Germanic mythology ⓘ
religionOf Viking Age ⓘ
surface form: Vikings
timePeriod pre-Christian era in Scandinavia ⓘ
usesWritingSystem runic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Midgard → partOf → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse cosmology
Nine Worlds → partOf → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse cosmology
Alfheim → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse religion
Gutes → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse religion
Ragnarok → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
Sif → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse religion
Thor → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse religion
Tyr → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse religion
Vanaheim → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse religion
Vanir → religion → Norse mythology ⓘ
Germania → religionOfInhabitants → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Germanic paganism
Odin → religiousTradition → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Norse religion
Neil Gaiman → wrote → Norse mythology ⓘ
this entity surface form: Norse Mythology