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The 41 pages that link to Norse mythology, each with the reason it gives.

• Viking AgeRelated: Its stories preserve aspects of the beliefs that Christianity gradually displaced.

• Greek mythologyCompared with: Its divine world offers a distinct comparison with Greek stories and genealogies.

• J. R. R. TolkienRelated: Its heroic traditions and cosmology contributed to Tolkien’s imaginative source material.

• Snorri SturlusonRelated: The Prose Edda became one of the fullest written sources for these myths.

• MythologyBroader topic: Its narratives connect divine conflict and cosmic destruction with a distinctive northern world.

• Poetic EddaNarrower topic: The mythological poems are among the fullest surviving sources for these traditions.

• Prose EddaNarrower topic: The handbook’s mythic narratives are a major source for this body of stories.

• PolytheismBroader topic: Its gods illustrate a distinct pantheon preserved in medieval sources.

• NorsemenRelated: Its stories illuminate religious ideas recorded among Norse-speaking peoples.

• OdinNarrower topic: Odin is one of its central gods, appearing across its surviving mythic sources.

• Viking expansionRelated: Overseas movement carried Norse religious traditions into contact with new societies.

• YggdrasilNarrower topic: Yggdrasil’s meaning comes from its place within this mythological tradition.

• Thing (assembly)Compared with: Mythic uses of þing should be distinguished from the historical assembly institution.

• Celtic mythologyCompared with: Its better-known pantheon is often mistakenly merged with Celtic divine traditions.

• Erik the RedCompared with: Saga accounts of Erik belong to historical narrative, not mythological tradition.

• Old Norse literatureRelated: Literary works are the principal surviving accounts of many Norse myths.

• VöluspáNarrower topic: Völuspá is one of its richest surviving poetic accounts.

• ShapeshiftingNarrower topic: Its stories include gods and other beings who alter appearance or take animal forms.

• Old Norse religionRelated: Its surviving stories preserve much of what is known about the religion's divine world.

• VanirNarrower topic: The Vanir are one divine group within this wider body of myth.

• Ragnar LodbrokNarrower topic: Saga authors drew on Norse heroic and mythic motifs when shaping Ragnar’s character.

• Viking revivalNarrower topic: The revival often uses mythic material that is not equivalent to Viking Age history.

• Ynglinga sagaNarrower topic: The saga recasts figures from this mythology as ancient kings.

• FreyrNarrower topic: Freyr’s surviving stories form part of this mythological tradition.

• FriggNarrower topic: Its surviving texts provide the main accounts of Frigg.

• RigelRelated: The name Rigel is commonly connected to an Arabic phrase meaning the foot, while later star lore crossed cultures.

• SiegfriedNarrower topic: Its Sigurd narratives provide a contrasting frame for the German Siegfried legend.

• ÁsatrúNarrower topic: Its stories supply much of Ásatrú’s divine cast and sacred narrative.

• BaldrNarrower topic: Baldr’s fate belongs to a wider cycle of gods, kinship, and cosmic change.

• Chris HemsworthRelated: Hemsworth’s most famous character adapts a Norse deity for contemporary popular culture.

• GiantNarrower topic: Its jötnar offer a distinct system of giant-like beings and divine rivalry.

• JörmungandrNarrower topic: Jörmungandr’s story belongs to this mythic tradition and its account of the world’s fate.

• ValhallaNarrower topic: Valhalla is one of its best-known mythic locations.

• Georges DumézilRelated: Dumézil compared Norse gods and heroic narratives with material from other Indo-European traditions.

• JötunnNarrower topic: Jötnar are among the beings who shape its accounts of gods, worlds, and cosmic conflict.

• Proto-Indo-European mythologyRelated: Its gods and mythic patterns contribute later, textually distant comparisons.

• RowanRelated: Rowan is associated in Norse tradition with protection and Thor.

• ScandinavismRelated: Shared mythic traditions supplied symbols for a common Scandinavian cultural identity.

• ThursdayNarrower topic: Thor’s place in this tradition supplies the divine reference in Thursday’s English name.

• Legendary creatureRelated: Norse stories feature beings such as trolls, elves, and monstrous animals.

• Scandinavian studiesRelated: Its medieval record became a lasting resource for studying religion, literature, and later cultural revival.