EN EL REGNE DELS

AESIR I ELS VANIR

Mitologia Nòrdica
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El començament
EL GINNUNGAGAP….
MUSPELHEIM… al sud
NIFELHEIM… al nord
Lentament…
Ymir va sorgir…
Auðumbla

Búri i la seva dona

van tenir a Bor...

Ancestre dels Aesir

ÓÐINN VILI VÉ
MORT D’YMIR
LA SEVA SANG

LA SEVA CARN

ELS SEUS OSSOS

ELS SEUS CABELLS

EL SEU CRANI…
Norðri, Suðri, Austri
i Vestri
ÓÐINN CREA A
SOL I A MANI
D’ESPURNES DEL
MUSPELLHEIM
EL GEL DE GINUNNGAGAP COMENÇA A DESFER-SE…
YGGDRASIL
ELS MÓNS NÒRDICS
 MIDGARD
Però… no està massa solitary?
ASK I EMBLA;
el freixe i l’om
ELS REGALS DELS
DÉUS
Odin, l’alè vital,
Vili, la comprensió,
Ve els sentits i
l’apariència.
Els homes cuidaran Midgard

Els Déus anarem a Ásgard

Urðr, el que ha
 

passat
Verðandi, el que
passa
Skuld , el que cal
que passi…
 Ragnarok
Gegants contra els Déus
QUÈ HI HA MÉS ENLLÀ?
HEL
VALHALLA
FOLKVÁNGR

FREYJA
RÁN
COSMOS
SÓL I MÁNI
JÖRD
DAGR I NÓTT
ELS NOU MONS
ELS NOU MONS
Al centre de l’univers hi ha
Miðgarðr , el "recinte interior",
on viuen els fills d’Ask i Embla

Els Déus van construir un

baludard al voltant amb les
pestanyes d’Ymir per proteger el
món dels Jötnar, desdencents de
Bergelmir.

Aquests viuen a Útgarðr , el

"recinte exterior", en el límit del
món, a les ribes de l’oceà còsmic.
BERGELMIR
Fill de Thrudgelmir
Net de Ymir
UTGARD
Ásaheimr , d’on
provenen els Æsir . Hi
ha la ciutat de Ásgarðr ,
amb els seus temples i
palaus. El seu rei és 
Óðinn .
Vanaheimr , la terra dels Vanir 
 Jǫtunheimr :
és el regne
dels Jǫtnar
 Svartálfaheimr , que es troba sota terra. 
Hi viuen el Dvergar i el Døkkálfar .
Surtr
ELS DÉUS I LES DEESES
 Divinitats
Catorze són els déus [æsir] de
llinatge diví que governen la
ciutat de Ásgarðr , i també
catorze són les deesses
[ásinjur], no menys sagrades i
poderoses.
 Els dos llinatges
AESIR
Déus del principal panteó nòrdic.
Els dos llinatges

VANIR
Grup de Déus associats amb la salut,
fertilitat, saviesa, màgia i l’abilitat de veure
el future.
LA BATALLA AESIR-VANIR

GULLVEIG
Njörðr,
Kvasir i Frey
á Ásgard.

EL TRACTAT DE PAU
Hœnir i
Mímir a
Vanaheimr.
EL TRACTAT DE PAU
 AESIR I ÁSYNIUR
• Eir. Divinidad de la cura y la resurrección.
• Andhrimnir. Cocinero de los æsir y los guerreros del
Valhalla. • Frigg. Esposa de Odín y diosa del amor, la
• Balder. Dios de la luz y de la verdad. fertilidad y la fidelidad conyugal.
• Bragi. Divinidad de la poesía, los bardos y los • Gefjun. Una vidente.
escaldos. • Iðunn. Guardiana de las manzanas que
• Forseti. Divinidad de la justicia, la paz y la verdad. permitían a los æsir mantenerse
• Heimdall. Vigilante de Bifröst. eternamente jóvenes.
• Höðr. Dios ciego hermano de Balder. • Jord. Representaba a la Tierra.
• Hœnir. Un áss muy indeciso que fue enviado como• Lofn. Diosa de las mujeres.
rehén de los vanir. Probablemente Vili y él eran el • Nanna. Esposa de Balder.
mismo personaje.
• Saga. Deidad de la adivinación.
• Magni. Hijo de Thor.
• Sif. Diosa de la fidelidad y las cosechas.
• Melli. Hermano de Thor.
• Sigyn. Esposa de Loki.
• Mímir. Un rehén de los vanir.
• Sjöfn. Diosa de las mujeres.
• Móði. Hijo de Thor, dios de la furia en la batalla y
venerado por los berserker. • Sól. Personificación del Sol.
• Óðr. Dios de la inteligencia y de la energía. • Syn. Diosa de la vigilancia y de la verdad,
invocada por los acusados en los juicios.
• Odín. Líder de los æsir.
• Var. Diosa de los votos matrimoniales.
• Thor. Dios del trueno.
• Tyr. Deidad de la guerra y la sabiduría en la batalla.
• Viðarr. Dios vikingo del silencio y la venganza.
 VANIR
• Frey. Dios de la lluvia, del sol naciente y
de la fertilidad.
• Freya. Diosa del amor, la belleza, la
adivinación y la magia.
• Gerd. Diosa de la fertilidad y del sexo (en
realidad una giganta, esposa de Frey).
• Gullveig. La vanir que fue maltratada por
los æsir, hecho que propició el
enfrentamiento de los dioses.
• Kvasir. El más sabio de los vanir.
• Lytir. Un dios adivino.
• Njord. Dios del mar, la costa y la
navegación.
• Nerthus. Divinidad de la tierra.
• Skaði. Diosa del invierno y de la caza (en
realidad una giganta, esposa de Njörðr)
 Odin
• Chief of the gods and men – called Allfather
• Father of Thor, Balder, and other gods
• Wears winged or floppy hat
• God of magic, wisdom, wit and leaning; later with war and
bloodshed
• Odin pierces himself with a spear and hangs on Yggdrasil for
9 days and nights to learn the secret knowledge of runes
• Has one eye because he traded it for a drink from the spring
of clairvoyance to gain inner wisdom
• Resides in Valaskjalf (“shelf of the slain”)
• Attributes are the spear Gungnir (which never misses its
target) the ring Draupnir and his 8-footed steed Sleipnir.
• During Ragnarok he will be killed by the wolf Fenrir
• The day Wednesday is named for him.

His two ravens are called Huginn and Muninn

(Thought and Memory)
 Thor

• God of thunder and lightning

• Huge, red-bearded, with burning eyes
• Similar to Hercules in his feats of strength and
giant-killing.
• Son of Odin
• Mated with giant Jarnsaxa, but his wife is Sif
(golden hair)
• Mjolnir (the destroyer) – an ax-hammer that can
destroy giants and mountains in a single blow; he
also carries a belt of strength and iron glove
• His home was called Bilskirnir
• Has a chariot pulled by two goats. He can kill
these goats and eat them and they will come
back to life.
• Is constantly fighting the World Serpent –
Jormungand
• He once drank from a horn that was emptying the
water from the ocean– gigantic appetite
• Thursday is named for him
 Balder

• “The Beautiful” and “The Good”

• Son of Odin and Frigg
• Primarily known for his death and
resurrection – Loki tricked his brother
Hod into killing him with a mistletoe
dart
• His death is the harbinger of Ragnarok
• After Ragnarok, when a new world
arises, Baldor and Hod will be reborn to
rule
• His hall is Breidablik
• Considered to be the best of the gods
• Friendly, wise and eloquent, little power
 • God of mischief and fire
• Trickster figure
• Assists and causes problems for the gods
• Shape shifter – appears, as salmon, mare, seal, fly, woman

Loki •
•
Born of giants, but welcomed by the gods
Responsible for Balder’s death and punished by having snake venom dripped on his forehead
• Jormungand (world serpent), Hel, and Fenrir (wolf) are his children
• Will begin Ragnarok
• Fights with the giants during Ragnarok – slayed by Heimdall
 Freyr

• God of sun, rain, and plentiful harvest

• God of peace and a brave warrior
• Member of the Vanir
• Gods gave him Alfheimr, the realm of
the Elves
• Marrried to giantess Gerd, son of Njord
• Rides the dwarf-made boar Gullinbursti
– symbol is boar
• Possesses a ship which always has a
favorable breeze and can be folded
together and carried in a pouch
• Killed by the fire demon Surt at
Ragnarok
• Twin to Freya
• Has a sword that can fight by itself, but
he gives it away
• The boar is his symbol
 Freya
• Goddess of love and fertility
• Vanir goddess
• Most beautiful goddess
• Patron of crops and birth
• Daughter of Njord, sister of Freyr
• Married to Od, when he died she cried
tears of gold
• Attributes are the necklace of Brisings
(pure gold), a cloak which allows its
wearer to change into a falcon, and a
chariot pulled by two cats.
• The symbol of sensuality, called upon in
matters of love
• Particularly fond of elves (fairies)
• Divides slain warriors with Odin; ½ go to
her palace, ½ go to Valhalla . Women also
go to her hall.
 • Mother Goddess, Queen of Asgard
• Patron of marriage and motherhood
• Goddess of love and Fertility
• Wife of Odin, mother of Balder and Hod
• Weaves clouds
• She knows events
Frigg in the present and future,
but is powerless to
change them
• Learning of her son’s (Balder) death, she makes everything promise not to harm
him – except the mistletoe
• The term Friday derives from her name
 Heimdall
• “World Brightener”, God of light
• Son of nine mothers
• Born at the end of the world and raised
by the force of earth and seawater, and
the blood of a boar
• Carries the horn, Gjallar, which
announces gods, warns of danger, and
will signal the beginning of Ragnarok
• Great hearing (can hear grass grow) and
eyesight
• Watchman of the gods and guards
Bifrost (the rainbow bridge to Asgard)
• Will Kill Loki at Ragnarok, but will die
from wounds
• Created 3 races of Men: serfs, peasants,
and warriors.
 Tyr
• God of war and justice
• Precursor of Odin
• Boldest of the gods, inspires
courage and heroism in battle
• Lost his hand to Fenrir, Loki’s
wolf-son
• His symbol is the spear which
has become a symbol of justice
• At Ragnarok, he will kill the
hound Garm, the guardian of
hell, but he will die from his
wounds.
 Hod

• God of winter and darkness

• Blind
• Son of Odin and Frigg
• Tricked by Loki into killing Balder with
mistletoe
• Vali killed Hod in revenge for Balder
• After Ragnarok, he will be reborn and rule
with Balder
 Idun
• Goddess of immortality
• Keeps the golden apples of youth
• Major story deals with a giant who, with Loki’s
help, stole the apples, causing the gods to wither
• Married to Bragi
 Bragi
• God of poetry and
eloquence
• Loki calls him “Braggart”
and the verb “to brag”
comes from his name.
• Married to Idun
 Hel

• Daughter of Loki
• Giantess, half alive/half dead
• Ruler of Helheim, Goddess of death and the
underworld
• Half black/ half white
• Her face and body are human but her legs are of
a corpse
• Spread the plague with a rake or a broom
• Agrees to release Balder from Helheim if
everything weeps for him.
Criatures
fantàstiques
The End