Scandinavian myths: the world of the vikings 1: Gods and creatures
The Vikings lived in a strange and scary world. They had a lot of dangerous and strange creatures they had too watch out for. They had many gods. The gods in the Norse religions had similarities with does of the Greek and roman mythology. Odin was the king of the gods and was very wise, Thor was his son, and was extremely powerful and could control the thunder, Loki was more of an antigod. He tricked others, both gods and men, to gain what he wanted. He was just a halfgod, but could use magic. The Vikings had many more gods and many stories about them. Frey, Frigg,Tyr, Balder (Baldur), and Magne, is worth mention.
In the world of the Vikings there was also jotner (jötunn) are a kind of giants, and are often the enemies of the gods. Many are stupid. But there are often evil. They are in some way similar to the trolls.
There was also elves, dwarfs and other creatures. Iinnorm was an evil creature that come from a tiny larva inside a nut, that could grow to an enormous size.
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