Citation for Fenrir Fettered

Thor vs Jormungandr

Glen Angus, "Thor and the Jormungandr", 1/7/06 http://media.photobucket.com/image/world%20serpent/FeatherofHuginn/196992_1136595503.jpg?o=5

Norse Myth Definitions

Vikings: Norse Raiders that almost always used boats as their transport of choice.

Ginnungagap: The vast abyssal maw that was the world before everything else.

Nifleheim: The land of Ice and Fog that is inhabited by Frost Giants.

Muspellheim: The land of fire that was inhabited by Surt and the fire giants.

Yggdrasil: The world tree that was where all the Nine worlds were located.

Asgard: The realm of the Aesir Gods, as well as Odin's home of Valhalla.

Midgard: The realm of men and where we live.

Hel: The realm of the dead who did not die in battle. Also the name of the Goddess of death who rules there.

Bifrost Bridge: The rainbow bridge between Midgard and Asgard.

Ymir: A mighty and malicious frost giant who sired the first race of Frost Giants, as well as the supplier for the parts of the world.

Odin: The All-Father, Chief of the Gods and Giver of Gifts to man. He dies in Battle against Fenrir.

Frigg: Wife of Odin and Father of Thor and Baldr.

Valkyries: Warrior Maidens who choose which warriors go to Valhalla in order to Train.

The Norns: The fates that knew the past, present and future, as well as the lives of mortals.

Thor: God of Thunder, he is one of the most well known of the Norse Pantheon, and is the subject of many Norse myths we know of.

Balder: One of the most perfect gods, he could not be injured by anything, except for a young mistletoe bush.

Njord: God of the sea and of storms, he is one of the Vanir, the earth gods and goddesses who provided men with good crops.

Frey: God of beauty, love, and of the harvest, he is the brother of Freya.

Freya: Goddess of beauty, love and of the harvest, she is the sister of Frey.

Idunn: The goddess of the golden apples, she made sure that all the gods were young and healthy until Ragnarok.

Loki: Half-God and a trickster, he is the second most known Norse God and the son of Odin and a Giantess. He is a prankster and gets the gods both in and out of trouble. His sons are Fenrir and Jormungandr.

Fenrir: The evil wolf-son of Loki, he bit off the Hand of Tyr and will devour Odin at Ragnarok, only to die a moment later by one of Odin's sons.

Jormungandr: The Great world serpent that lives in the ocean, He and Thor do battle at Ragnarok and both die within minutes of each other.

Ragnarok: The Twilight of the Gods, the final battle between the Gods and the Giants and other evil things, all but a few beings are killed in this final climax, and in the end the world is destroyed, to make way for a new world.

Runes: Ancient writing of the Norse and given to them by Odin, who had to impale himself onto Yggdrasil for nine days before he could obtain them. Used to describe the life of mortals, and each has a seperate meaning, other than the letter.

Citing the sources, The Dipper, Pictures

"The Dipper". The Assiniboine Tribe. 2006. 6, November 2008. www.indianmythology.org

"That's A lot of Red-Sided Garter Snakes". Nova. 2007. 6, November 2008. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches.

"Big Dipper From the Kalalau Lookout from the Kokee State Park in Hawaii". 2, September 2007. Commons.Wikimedia.org.

An explanation to my pictorial interpertation

The dipper represents...The dipper, which the children become in the end. The Serpents represent the serpents that the wife was fornicating with. And lastly, the head from the Haunted Mansion is representing the wife's head, Which like this head is malevolent and will not stop...

An interpertation of the Assiniboine Tribal Tale: The Dipper, as represented by pictures.

The Dipper, An Assiniboine Tribal Tale

A woman was…fornicating with a serpent, which angered her wife, and during her gathering of berries and such, he killed all the snakes in the area. As soon as the wife returned, and found them dead, she grew furious. The father immediately told his children to run from their mother, then immediately called for his wife. When she came to the window that the father was calling from, he chopped her head off. Instead of dying as most people would, her head came back to life and ran after the children. The children throw hurdle after hurdle against their mother’s disembodied and vengeful head, but the head still keeps on ticking, and searches for them forever more. After crossing a river, which the head could not cross, they played a game of ball. As they played, the children rose to the heavens and became the big dipper, where their mother’s head could not catch them. This story is an important tale against the act of fornication with animals. Similarly, the tale of the Bear Woman also warns against bestiality, but with different results. The tale also tells of the formation of the big dipper, which is a useful tool for navigating, as you can find the north star by finding the Little Dipper, which is right next to the Big Dipper.

Vocab & their Examples

Myth: Tales of Gods and Mortals and their adventures, which were used to explain natural events.
Examples: The Greek Creation Myth

Hero: A human (Demigod, trickster, etc.) that creates a new idea, religion, way of life; Something new.
Example: The Hero Achilles

Hero Journey: The path the hero must take, it involves great risk and an even greater reward in the end.
Example: Odysseus' Odyssey

Universal: Something shared in many mythologies around the world.
Example: The Cosmic Egg

Duality: The Opposites that make the universe whole, and the things that embody them.
Example: Osiris, who is not only the god of death, but a god of Vegetation and by extension, fertility.

Cyclical: The cycle of beginning and ending to begin again, like a circle.
Example: Persephone's Stay in the underworld for a third of the year is the cause of the seasonal cycle.*









*This basically is the version of the myth I read, which includes the reason why Hades kidnaps Persephone.

Daphne's Multiple Meanings Intro

Have you ever had someone try to court you, but you did not like them? Were you chased by that special someone, then screamed for your father's help, then get turned into a tree, probably because your father freaked out and did something spontaneously? Well, the last part probably didn't happen, but the story of Daphne is something we can relate to on multiple levels. On a physical level, this is the story of why Apollo's tree is the laurel. On a Social level, it describes why people live with the god's debauchery back in ancient times. And finally, the story talks on the psychological about why we some times don't want to be loved by anyone.