
:''This article is about the realm of Norse Mythology. For other uses, see Asgard (disambiguation).'' Asgard (Old Norse language: Ásgarðr) is the realm of the gods, the Aesir, in Norse mythology, thought to be separate from the realm of the mortals, Midgard. Originally the world we call ''Asgard'' was named Godheim (the home of gods) but as was the case with Midgard, early researchers confused the world of gods for its most prominent castle, and Godheim became Asgard in most sources. The walls surrounding Asgard were built by a giant (often mistakenly identified as Hrimthurs), in return for which he was to receive in payment the hand of Freya in marriage, and the sun and the moon. This was agreed provided that the work was completed within six months. In order to avoid honouring the agreement, Loki lured away the giant's magic horse, Svadilfari, by transforming himself into a mare. The job was therefore not completed on time, and the gods evaded the payment. The guardian of Asgard is Heimdall. The plain of Idavoll is the centre of Asgard. The Aesir met there for discussions on important issues — the male gods met in a hall called Gladsheim, and the female gods in a hall called Vingolf. They also met daily at the Well of Urd, beneath Yggdrasil. Alternative: Ásgard, Ásgardr, Asgardr Other spellings * Common Swedish and Danish form: Asgård * Norwegian: Åsgard (also Åsgård, but the right one is Asgaard) * Icelandic: Ásgarður Norse mythology
Tokerboy, the location and relative positioning of Urd/Asgard is a deeply vexed question in the field of Norse cosmogeny: In some descriptions one of Yggdrasil's roots extended into Asgard and under it, Urd's well. The gods were said to have court at the well every day riding there "up over Bifrost". One of the problems with certain descriptions of the cosmology is why would the gods ride up over Bifrost if Urd's well was in Asgard? It seems logical that Urd's well was in the netherworld, that Asgard was in the branches of the world tree, and that the gods rode down Bifrost instead of up. user:sjc :I'm not real sure, rereading my source, it's kind of ambiguous about where exactly everything was. Go ahead and change anything that isn't right, because I can't tell what this means exactly, or mention the difficulties in assigning spatial relationships with these kinds of things. == Wait. Did Hrimthurs build the wall or not? == "The walls surrounding Asgard were built by a giant (often mistakenly identified as Hrimthurs), in return for which he was to receive in payment the hand of Freya in marriage and the sun and the moon. This was agreed provided that the work was completed within six months. In order to avoid the payment, Loki lured away '''Hrimthurs' '''magic horse, Svadilfari, by transforming himself into a mare and luring the horse away. The job was not completed on time and the gods evaded the payment."
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Asgardians
Asgardians_(comics)
Asgardian_(comics)
Asgardian_(disambiguation)
Asgardian_(Young_Avengers)
Asgardr
Asgardreid
Asgard_(band)
Asgard_(band)
Asgard_(comics)
Asgard_(crater)
Asgard_(disambiguation)
Asgard_(Stargate)
Asgard_(Stargate-SG-1)
Asgard_(Stargate_SG-1)
Asgard_crater
Asgard_dimension
Asgard_High_Council_(Stargate)
Asgard
:''This article is about the realm of Norse Mythology. For other uses, see Asgard (disambiguation).'' Asgard (Old Norse language: Ásgarðr) is the realm of the gods, the Aesir, in Norse mythology, thought to be separate from the realm of the mortals, Midgard. Originally the world we call ''Asgard'' was named Godheim (the home of gods) but as was the case with Midgard, early researchers confused the world of gods for its most prominent castle, and Godheim became Asgard in most sources. The walls surrounding Asgard were built by a giant (often mistakenly identified as Hrimthurs), in return for which he was to receive in payment the hand of Freya in marriage, and the sun and the moon. This was agreed provided that the work was completed within six months. In order to avoid honouring the agreement, Loki lured away the giant's magic horse, Svadilfari, by transforming himself into a mare. The job was therefore not completed on time, and the gods evaded the payment. The guardian of Asgard is Heimdall. The plain of Idavoll is the centre of Asgard. The Aesir met there for discussions on important issues — the male gods met in a hall called Gladsheim, and the female gods in a hall called Vingolf. They also met daily at the Well of Urd, beneath Yggdrasil. Alternative: Ásgard, Ásgardr, Asgardr Other spellings * Common Swedish and Danish form: Asgård * Norwegian: Åsgard (also Åsgård, but the right one is Asgaard) * Icelandic: Ásgarður Norse mythology
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Tokerboy, the location and relative positioning of Urd/Asgard is a deeply vexed question in the field of Norse cosmogeny: In some descriptions one of Yggdrasil's roots extended into Asgard and under it, Urd's well. The gods were said to have court at the well every day riding there "up over Bifrost". One of the problems with certain descriptions of the cosmology is why would the gods ride up over Bifrost if Urd's well was in Asgard? It seems logical that Urd's well was in the netherworld, that Asgard was in the branches of the world tree, and that the gods rode down Bifrost instead of up. user:sjc :I'm not real sure, rereading my source, it's kind of ambiguous about where exactly everything was. Go ahead and change anything that isn't right, because I can't tell what this means exactly, or mention the difficulties in assigning spatial relationships with these kinds of things. == Wait. Did Hrimthurs build the wall or not? == "The walls surrounding Asgard were built by a giant (often mistakenly identified as Hrimthurs), in return for which he was to receive in payment the hand of Freya in marriage and the sun and the moon. This was agreed provided that the work was completed within six months. In order to avoid the payment, Loki lured away '''Hrimthurs' '''magic horse, Svadilfari, by transforming himself into a mare and luring the horse away. The job was not completed on time and the gods evaded the payment."
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Asgard
Asgard
Asgardareia
Asgardareid
Asgardian
Asgardians
Asgardians_(comics)
Asgardian_(comics)
Asgardian_(disambiguation)
Asgardian_(Young_Avengers)
Asgardr
Asgardreid
Asgard_(band)
Asgard_(band)
Asgard_(comics)
Asgard_(crater)
Asgard_(disambiguation)
Asgard_(Stargate)
Asgard_(Stargate-SG-1)
Asgard_(Stargate_SG-1)
Asgard_crater
Asgard_dimension
Asgard_High_Council_(Stargate)
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