Friday, March 18, 2011

Norse Animals of Lore




ANIMAL                    NAME                      LORE
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Bear                         (no name)                              Bear Berserkers
Dragon                      Fafnir
Dragon                      Nighogg (Evil Below)  Dragon at bottom of Yggdrasil
Dragon                      Hymiskvida                Middle Garth Serpent

Red Squirrel           Ratatosk (Bore Tooth) Spreads gossip on Yggdrasil           
Squid                       Jormungander             Offspring of Loki
European Adder       (no name)                   Lives at bottom of Yggdrasil
Grass Snakes        Goin                                       
                            Grabak
                           Grafvolluth
                           Moin
                           Ofnir
                           Svafnir
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Sources:
Norse Mythology, John Lindow, 2001
Our Troth: Volume One: History Lore, Second Edition, 2006
The Secret Language of Birds, Adele Nozedar, 2006
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