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... Odin's personal army . They dwelt there gloriously , feasting and sporting , until the end of the world , when they would be called upon to fight for Odin in the last great battle . Valhalla was an enormous building with many doors ...
... Odin's personal army . They dwelt there gloriously , feasting and sporting , until the end of the world , when they would be called upon to fight for Odin in the last great battle . Valhalla was an enormous building with many doors ...
Page 126
ODIN ODIN , KING of the gods , was powerful and terrifying certainly not a benevolent father figure . He was the special god of kings , nobles and poets and a god of war , magic and wisdom . Odin's mastery of magic was legendary . He ...
ODIN ODIN , KING of the gods , was powerful and terrifying certainly not a benevolent father figure . He was the special god of kings , nobles and poets and a god of war , magic and wisdom . Odin's mastery of magic was legendary . He ...
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... Odin had a spear , Gungnir , whose thrust could never be stopped , and a gold ring , Draupnir , from which eight rings of equal weight and value dropped every ninth night . Freyr owned a ship , Skidbladnir , which always got a fair wind ...
... Odin had a spear , Gungnir , whose thrust could never be stopped , and a gold ring , Draupnir , from which eight rings of equal weight and value dropped every ninth night . Freyr owned a ship , Skidbladnir , which always got a fair wind ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus