beliefs- vikings and the people from northern europe believe in gods. Vikings also believed that once they died they got cremated with weapons and potions to take into the next world. 3. Odin-Odin was the god of battle and also of wisdom, magic, and poetry.
He created light from his mothers body into the dark world. The bad mind was devious and evil. He created things to undermine his brothers work such as steep mountains, reptiles, and falls to injure people. Both myths also have the sun, the earth, and animals. Also, both myths have the defeat of evil and triumph of good, because good always prevails.
His father and mother were both Scandinavian immigrants and neither were well educated. His father, Methias “Matt” Warren, born in Norway, worked as a car repairman and car inspector for the Southern Pacific Railroad (White, 1982). His mother, Christine “Chrystal” Hernlund Warren, was born in Sweden and came to America as a baby, but grew up in Chicago and Minneapolis. Chrystal and Matt met in Minneapolis, and after marrying moved to Los Angeles in 1889. His mother perhaps had less influence on his life than his father, because his father taught him some enduring lessons.
Myths come from cultures all around the world that are unique to their geographical region and people. However, many of these unique myths, from thousands of miles apart and from different times, have striking similarities. One such case that is interesting to look at are specific deities from Greek and Norse mythology. While Prometheus from Greek mythology gifted fire to mankind, Loki from Norse mythology stole fire, yet they still conduct themselves in similar manners. Their actions pertaining fire had an effect on their people and mankind.
The religion is based on ancient Norse mythology, but they don’t take the stories literally. Each tale represents a religious truth or idea to its followers. In addition, they don’t actually think gods and goddesses look the way they are depicted. Those are just representations. Prominent gods and goddesses include Thor, the thunderer;
The Resemblance and Distinctness in Hades and Hel Myths and legends served as bases for cultures of old and largely reflect the civilization they derive from. An undeniably extensive part of a culture is the gods that they prayed to and feared. Nations used gods and aspects of gods to demonstrate their way of life, terrors, ambitions, and to explain the strange occurrences in life. A great example of this reflection comes from the lore of the Nordic and Greek people. The Nordic goddess Hel and the Greek god Hades serve as prime examples of what these cultures had in resemblance and in polarity.
• Tales from the Norse legends the creation of the universe in the beginning was Gina gap the great emptiness the unending void it was a region so vast but it went on in all directions forever with room for a billion universes there was no up nor down in Canoga gap no light no darkness no north south east nor west there was no sound in Canoga gap yet no silence either only endless space no one knows the secret of creation how something could be formed out of nothing but millions of eons before our universe existed two distinct regions came into being two completely different worlds the lands of Fire and Ice the land of fire was called Muspelheim which means the home of the Destroyers of the world and it was a truly terrible place there was
“When Ymir eventually turned evil, Odin and his two brothers killed Ymir in order to create the world of man and gods alike. Following the creation of the world, the three brothers created human man from drift wood on the shore” (Wordpress.com). Norse gods weren’t all knowing and had limitations when it came to wisdom and intelligence. Mimir was the wisest among the gods of Aesir and Odin sought to find him. Odin went to Yggdrasil to find Mimir’s well and sacrificed his eye to drink the water and gain wisdom.
As we have seen, the introduction of Christianity to the Vikings had significantly contributed to the end of the Viking Age in mid 11th Century, not only due to the persuasive Christian missionaries, and the realization of the benefits of Christianity, but also the forcible nature of Scandinavia king’s conversion of their subjects (which will be looked into in more detailed in due course). One must bear in mind that most of the evidence we have on the conversion of the Vikings is through archaeological excavations, as Gareth Williams explains that “we can see it in the archaeological evidences [that] Pagans buried their dead with grave goods, but Christians normally didn't, and this makes it relatively easy to spot the change in religion.”
The gods of all civilizations expected its people to serve them. For example the covenant between the Hebrew people and their god. Good and evil and be explained by the polytheistic and monotheistic nature of the civilizations. In being polytheistic the Greek and Mesopotamians had good and evil gods, which explained the good and evil in the world. Hebrews, being Monotheistic, had only one god.
The Old Norse Religion or Norse Paganism were practised traditions by the Norsemen prior to the Christianization of Scandinavia, dating as far back to roughly 793-1066 CE. This religion was separated, and categorized into three different families; the Æsir, Vanir and Jotnar; these were all polytheistic groups. The Æsir tribe contained some of the best-known Norse Gods and goddesses such as Odin, Thor, Frigg, Tyr, Loki, Baldur, Heimdall, Idun, and Bragi1. These Gods represented kingship, order, craft, etc. The Vanir were Gods and Goddesses such as Freya, Freyr, Njord and the Germanic Goddess Nerthus.
Greek mythology has been one of the most complicated subjects in the field of religion and mythology. This is due to the complex relations and interactions which exists in the history of Greek gods and the humans who lived in ancient Greece. Different versions of the existence and the establishment of the superior beings were developed, which at times created suspense for readers through their interactions. The various tales which exist explain the various connections between different gods, how they relate to one another, the ideological order in which they came into existence as well as the interactions they had with humans. These tales form the basis of various religious beliefs and practices since it is perceived that it is through the interactions of the gods that humans came into existence, a situation which created the dependent relationship between mortals and gods.
Ravagers, Pirates, pagans: These words sums up the Vikings for the people who lived in europe during medieval times. Although the Vikings are seen as barbaric fighters, they brought many important technological inventions and had many achievements that made a great impact on european culture. The Vikings had great achievements in technology on a wide range of things, one of which is their weapon crafting skills. They were able to craft swords, spears, javelins, battle-axes, knives, bows, arrows, shields, and body armor with intricate designs (Lamoureux).
Many mythologies have an origin story in which states how they came to be, whether it is told by song, scripture, or book, the story is most likely known by every member of the culture. Greek mythology
Around the years 800 A.D. Scandinavians left their homes in search for a better life elsewhere in large numbers. They were soon known as the famous Vikings or Norsemen (Northmen). Over a few centuries these men were known as killers, pirates, ruthless, raiders, traders, and finally settled in much of the European and British continent. The Vikings were not same people and all came from different lands and so called uncivilized places so they were uncivilized people.
