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... Aesir . His mother Frigg hit on a plan to safeguard him . She extracted oaths from everything not to harm Balder : from fire , water , animals , birds , snakes , plants , stones , trees , earth , metals , diseases and poison . The Aesir ...
... Aesir . His mother Frigg hit on a plan to safeguard him . She extracted oaths from everything not to harm Balder : from fire , water , animals , birds , snakes , plants , stones , trees , earth , metals , diseases and poison . The Aesir ...
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... Aesir saw the falcon flying with the nut and the eagle following and built a fire in Asgard . The falcon , Loki , flew in over the wall and dropped straight down , but the eagle could not stop and flew over the fire and caught alight ...
... Aesir saw the falcon flying with the nut and the eagle following and built a fire in Asgard . The falcon , Loki , flew in over the wall and dropped straight down , but the eagle could not stop and flew over the fire and caught alight ...
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... Aesir became worried that they would never restrain Fenrir . They sent to the dwarves , who made a fetter called Gleipnir . Gleipnir was silky like a ribbon but was made of six magical ingredients : a cat's footfall ; a woman's beard ...
... Aesir became worried that they would never restrain Fenrir . They sent to the dwarves , who made a fetter called Gleipnir . Gleipnir was silky like a ribbon but was made of six magical ingredients : a cat's footfall ; a woman's beard ...
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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