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- Frigg or Frigga, was the goddess of the sky and wife of Odin, the chief of
the gods. She was worshipped as the protector of married love and housewives. A
bunch of keys was her symbol;
- Tiu was the god of war and battles. He is represented as having only one
hand, with some stories having it because he can only give victory to one side, or
because it was bitten off by the wolf Fernis;
- Hel was the goddess of the dead. She dwelt beneath one of three roots of the
sacred ash tree Yggdrasil and was the daughter of Loki, the spirit of mischief or evil.
Odin condemned Hel into the underworld and placed her in charge there, never to
emerge again;
- Loki was a giant who represented evil and possessed great knowledge and
cunning. Loki and Hel, goddess of the underworld, would lead the forces of evil
against the gods, in the final battle between good and evil, the “ Ragnarok” , or end of
days;
- The Valkyries were a band of warrior-maidens, who were sometimes
portrayed as Odin’s own daughters. They helped Odin choose which warriors
deserved to go to Valhalla after dying in battle. At Valhalla, the warriors would spend
their time fighting or feasting until “ Ragnarok” .
Five Days of the Week Named after Northern Gods
The old Indo-European gods and beliefs are very deeply rooted amongst the
White people to this very day. Hel, the name of the goddess of the underworld was,
for example, plagiarized directly by Christianity. Others were kept in various forms,
as in the names of five of the seven days of the modern week.
Tuesday is named after Tiu, the god of war – this day is still called Tisdag in
Sweden and Tirsdag in Denmark. Wednesday is named after Wodan – Odin himself
(Wodansday). In Sweden and Denmark this day is called Onsdag.
Thursday is directly named after Thor’s name (Thorsday) while his mother,
Frigg, is remembered in the day called Friday (Frigg’s day). Baldur, god of the sun
and light, is remembered in Sunday.
While the name of the day “ Saturday” is not derived from Northern Gods, it is
however drawn from the equally pagan and equally Indo-European pre-Christian
Roman celebration of Saturnalia. Only the day “ Monday” , or Day of the Moon, does
not have a pre-Christian origin.
Vocabulary work
Read and memorize the following words and expressions, suggest their
Russian equivalents:
LIST OF PROPER NAMES
The Bosporus
The Caucasus mountains
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- Frigg or Frigga, was the goddess of the sky and wife of Odin, the chief of
the gods. She was worshipped as the protector of married love and housewives. A
bunch of keys was her symbol;
- Tiu was the god of war and battles. He is represented as having only one
hand, with some stories having it because he can only give victory to one side, or
because it was bitten off by the wolf Fernis;
- Hel was the goddess of the dead. She dwelt beneath one of three roots of the
sacred ash tree Yggdrasil and was the daughter of Loki, the spirit of mischief or evil.
Odin condemned Hel into the underworld and placed her in charge there, never to
emerge again;
- Loki was a giant who represented evil and possessed great knowledge and
cunning. Loki and Hel, goddess of the underworld, would lead the forces of evil
against the gods, in the final battle between good and evil, the “Ragnarok”, or end of
days;
- The Valkyries were a band of warrior-maidens, who were sometimes
portrayed as Odin’s own daughters. They helped Odin choose which warriors
deserved to go to Valhalla after dying in battle. At Valhalla, the warriors would spend
their time fighting or feasting until “Ragnarok”.
Five Days of the Week Named after Northern Gods
The old Indo-European gods and beliefs are very deeply rooted amongst the
White people to this very day. Hel, the name of the goddess of the underworld was,
for example, plagiarized directly by Christianity. Others were kept in various forms,
as in the names of five of the seven days of the modern week.
Tuesday is named after Tiu, the god of war – this day is still called Tisdag in
Sweden and Tirsdag in Denmark. Wednesday is named after Wodan – Odin himself
(Wodansday). In Sweden and Denmark this day is called Onsdag.
Thursday is directly named after Thor’s name (Thorsday) while his mother,
Frigg, is remembered in the day called Friday (Frigg’s day). Baldur, god of the sun
and light, is remembered in Sunday.
While the name of the day “Saturday” is not derived from Northern Gods, it is
however drawn from the equally pagan and equally Indo-European pre-Christian
Roman celebration of Saturnalia. Only the day “Monday”, or Day of the Moon, does
not have a pre-Christian origin.
Vocabulary work
Read and memorize the following words and expressions, suggest their
Russian equivalents:
LIST OF PROPER NAMES
The Bosporus
The Caucasus mountains
