Asgarð
Land/sphere/dimension of the Æsir

Ásatrú
Æsir-belief

Æsir
Norse Gods in Asgarð.
Plural or gender neutral. A male Æsir is an Ása, a female Æsir is an Ásynja

Álfablót
Thanksgiving blót to nature’s bounty

Álfar
Elves

Ása
Male Æsir

Ásynja
Female Æsir

Bifrost
The bridge between Asgarð and Midgarð. Sometimes you can see the light from the bridge as the rainbow

Blót
Offering or symbolic gesture

Dísablót
Blót to the female deities before the harvest

Dreki
“Dragon”. Not firespewing and winged, but a large snake or serpent

Forn Siðr
The old ways, Æsir belief

Fylgja
A spirit that will lead you to your destiny

Gesta Danorum
Description of Norse history, mythology etc. by Saxo Grammaticus, written around 1220 in Denmark

Gimli
The wonderful place that will appear after Ragnarok

Goða
Male blót ceremony leader

Gyðja
Female blót ceremony leader

Hávamál
“The speech of the tall One”, Odin’s guiding speech

Heitstrenging
Swearing a sacred oath

Helheimr
The land of the dead

Huldufolk
The hidden people

Jól
Yule, midwinter solstice celebrations. In Scandinavia celebrated on the evening of December 24th, mixed with Christian Christmas.

Jǫtunn
Norse Gods living in Jǫtunnheim/udgård (in English sometimes mis-translated to “Giants” or “Ice Giants”)

Jotunnheim
Land/sphere/dimension of the Jotunn

Knee-setting
Naming a new born child

Midgarð
“Middle Earth”. Land/sphere/dimension of the humans

Múspelheim
Land/sphere/dimension of eternal fire (lava). Has an outlet in volcanoes. Perhaps the centre of the earth.

Niflheim
Land/sphere/dimension of eternal ice. Maybe the north- and south poles.

Nisse
The farm elf/spirit

Nordicism
Ásatrú mixed with nazism

Nornir
The three oldest women in the world, who cares for Yggdrasil and the threads of fate

Ormr
(See “Dreki”)

Poetic Edda
Poetry about the Æsir, written in Norway and Iceland between 800 and 1100

Prose Edda
Description of Norse history, mythology etc. by Snorri Sturluson, written around 1220 in Iceland

Ragnarok
The end of the known world, three years without summer, followed by the great war between Æsir and Jotunn, ending with the world going down in flames. From the ashes a new world will rise (see “Gimli”)

Seiðr
Magic, mainly forseeing the future

Skáld
Poet

Svartálfar
Black/dark elves (in English sometimes mis-translated to “dwarfs”)

Tomte
The farm elf/spirit in Swedish

Troll
Runaway Jotunn hiding in Midgarð

Utgarð
Great hall in Jotunnheim

Valholl/Valhal/Valhalla
Hall of the slain (Einherjer). Odin’s hall in Asgarð

Valkyrja
Female spirits who will gather the slain from the battlefield and bring them to Freyja

Vanir
Norse Gods in Vanirheim

Véttr
Spirits in nature

Völva
Seeress

Yggdrasil
The world tree, also known as Ask Yggrasil