https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-CxK0UCLsw&ab_channel=MythosCatalog

I know this question prob gets asked alot so if you guys have a page for books to read I'll happily take it. But I have read Norse mythology by Neil Gaiman and it's my favorite book and want to get more into Norse mythology anyone have any recommendations and I've watched no movies for Norse mythology so if anyone has any good Norse mythology movies?

Hello, for the past couple of years, I've been making a jotun character in some stories I make and wanted to ask if there's anything that I should add

A brief rundown on the character: He's about 15 feet tall Volcanic rock skin Horns Tusks It is very muscular, like a gorilla mixed with a strongman Beastial/animalistic Speaks in broken sentences, but he's not unintelligent it's just that not many people take the time to teach him stuff cause he looks scary Very kind and gentle He is extremely protective of those he cares about He kind of slipped through the cracks and was allowed on midgard but has no idea what he is , or he's from(very unoriginal, i know)

If there's anything people want to recommend in terms of behavior, traits, and biology(if jptun even has that), please let me know

I started to get really into Norse mythology, love it but I’m pretty new to it! And it’s ALOT to take in

In this movie they mention a god named “jotunn” which is one of lokies offsprings? Which maybe checks out cause I belive he gave birth to an 8legged horse? Or some shit

Anyways isn’t the jotunn (I could be spelling that wrong sorry) like an entire race? And are possibly blue? And “giant” but not necessarily

I know the topic of books comes up a lot, but then there are always new books published. So I just wanted to ask, what currently are your top 5 books on Norse mythology?

I've started to become intrested in norse mythology a few months ago. I came across an image a few days ago but I'm not sure if these are real runes or what are they exactly. If anyone knows please help. Thanks.

I know this my be a stupid question but me and my friend are working on a university project and we can’t find an actual list of all the gods present at the feast where Balder died. Do you know who was there? Thanks!

I have a memory of reading a story when I was younger that I now cannot remember whether it was a depiction of an actual piece of mythology or if it was a modern invention. It was about a group of berserkers who fought giants that could read minds and thus were almost unbearable as they always knew their opponents next move. However, while raging the berserkers themselves didn’t know their next move so they were able to defeat the giants. Does this story have a basis in Norse mythology?

Hello. Does anyone know anything about runes? I would like the right rune for a funeral of a good friend that will accompany him on his further journey

I love the design of this tattoo but before i get it i would like to know what the writings at the top mean. if anyone has any idea that would be great help!!

After reading it I asked myself about the moral message of his story and why he came to the point of brutally killing the sons of the king of Norway

There’s no justice in what happened, or perhaps I’m missing the point here which I think is what it is.

So those who read Völund’s story, please share your knowledge and what you know about it.

I recall once upon a time hearing that mjölnir was made of womens' beards and other "stuff that don't exist" bc they used so much of it to make the hammer that it exhausted the resource. Is this a real thing? Anyone have the full list if so? If not do you know what I'm conflating it with?

Thank you in advance.

I'm writing a short novel that's a remake of the Ragnarok myth, adding dialogue and extra stuff and stuff. But I don't know EXACTLY what happened in Ragnarok. Who were the survivors, what happened before, etc.

This is what I know (Feel free to skip this part):

-Frigg's dreams about Baldr, the oath to all living beings not to kill him. All except the mistletoe.

-Baldr holds a tournament to prove his immortality. His blind brother Hodr, god of winter (?), is tricked by Loki and kills him by shooting him with a mistletoe arrow.

-Vali burns Hodr, Fimbulwinter begins because of his death (?).

-They try to revive Baldr, they fail because Loki transformed into a giantess (?).

-Loki is discovered by the events of Lokasenna. After that he is enclosed in a stone with the guts of his normal children and sprinkled with snake venom.

-Three years pass, Ragnarok begins.

-Skoll and Hati catch the moon and the sun.

-Garm breaks his chains in the cave howling.

-An earthquake frees Loki.

-Fenrir breaks his chains (?)

-Surtr goes to Asgard (?)

-Jormungandr get out of the sea (?).

-The giants go to Asgard with their ships.

-Hel and Loki go to Asgard from Helheim with their ships.

-Fenrir kills Odin, Vidar took revenge for his father by killing Fenrir.

-Thor kills Jormungandr, dies later from the poison. Magni and Modi keep the match.

-Garm and Tyr kill each other.

-Surtr kills Freyr because he left without his sword.

-Surtr burns the universe, only a few survive.

-Two humans survive, Baldr and Hodr revive, Magni, Modi, Freya survive, and others I don't know what else stills alive (Heeeeeeelp)

-Niddhoggr escapes from the roots of the world tree in Nastrond, scattering corpses in the world (?)

Thanks for reading, have a nice day and sorry for writing so much.

I'm running a dnd game and they're fighting evil dwarves and I want to name them after dwarves who were antagonists in norse myth. I've already turned Fjalar and Galar into a pair of necromancers trying to exhume Kvasir's corpse. And I have the sons of ivaldi as a cult of Loki who have an ancient vendetta against Brokkr and Eitri for beheading their god eons ago. But that's the only 2 cases of dwarves being antagonists in norse myth I can find and I admit to stretching the definition of antagonist for the sons of Ivaldi.

Why do we know nothing about her?

What are your favorite stories from Norse mythology that have a good moral lesson to be learned from them?

Just wondering if anyone knows of any short prayers that Vikings may have uttered before they went into battle/knew their death was imminent?

Original Norwegian or English translations welcome!

Really need to find something appropriate for a university project so would be so so appreciated

"About the secrets of giants and of all gods

I can tell the truth,

because I have come to each world;

I came to nine worlds beneath Niflhel;

humans die there from Hel."

As far as I know (mostly from people on subs like this and r/Norse), the idea of nine underworld realms is a possible explanation of what the phrase "níu heimar" is referring to. I think I agree with this (though I haven't really read any of the sources outside of the Eddas, and I don't know if there even are any other sources that talk about this since I don't think I've seen people cite anything else), but I don't understand why Vafþrúðnir brings up having been to nine homes/realms beneath Niflhel as the reason that he can tell "[the truth] about the secrets of giants and of all gods." My only guess was that maybe it has something to do with talking with the dead like Óðinn does sometimes, but I'm not sure if that makes sense.