Norse Mythology Research Paper

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Before Thor was a Marvel superhero he was the god of thunder. Norse mythology was the religion that people of ancient Germany followed. The Norse Gods have many tales relating to the creation and the meaning of this world. Every god in Norse mythology has a story of their own that relates to the creation of the world. Each god also have an elemental power that belongs to them. The first tale of Norse mythology was the creation of the cosmos. In this tale it tells the birth of the first god/giant Ymir and other giants like Bor and Bestla. Accordng to Dan McCoy website "Norse Mythology for Smart People" he said "Odin and his brothers slew Ymir and set about constructing the world from his corpse. They fashioned the oceans from his blood, the soil from his skin and muscles, vegetation from his hair, clouds from his brains, and the sky from his skull." The Norse cosmos creation believes that when life comes with death and the creation of the world is ongoing. The center of the Norse cosmos is the great world tree Yggdrasil with has nine roots. According to Dan McCoy he states "The tree holds within its branches and roots the Nine Worlds, the homelands of the various kinds of invisible beings who populate the “other sides” of the cosmos, as well as humankind and what might be called “natural elements.”" The nine worlds of the …show more content…
According to Dan McCoy "When the first of these prophesied events came to pass – the beloved god Baldur was killed by Loki and consigned to the underworld – the gods had to face the fact they could no longer escape their tragic destiny." The gods were preparing for an attack from the giants. In the human world of Midgard, people were giving up on the traditional ways. Heimdall was the first to see the army of giants heading towards Asgard so, he blow his horn to alert the gods. The giants would destroy the cosmos and the anti-cosmic void, Ginnungagap raised
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