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Anthropology
The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.
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Gefjon
Anthropology; Mythology
Nordic goddess who represents foreknowledge and virginity. Legend has it that she ploughed lake Malaren in Sweden, and from the soil gathered she created the island of Zealand in ...
Fulla
Anthropology; Mythology
A Norse goddess who may have been a maid-like figure to the goddess Frigg. She appears in literature scarcely, but was important enough to Baldr that he would send her gifts from ...
Frigg
Anthropology; Mythology
The wife of Odin and the queen of Asgard. She has the power to see the future but never reveals her knowledge to others. She is the mother of Baldr, but not any of Odin's other ...
Sessrúmnir
Anthropology; Mythology
Existing in Norse folklore, it is a large and beautiful hall ruled over by Freyja, located in Fólkvangr. It is possibly also a separate ship, or a hall that can function as a ...
Fólkvangr
Anthropology; Mythology
A field ruled over by the Norse goddess Freyja. It receives half of all warriros that die in combat, the other half going instead to Odin's dominion Valhalla. It contains Freyja's ...
Freyja
Anthropology; Mythology
A vanir from Norse mythology, Freyja is the ruler of Fólkvangr, an afterlife that receives warriors who do not go to Valhalla.
Eir
Anthropology; Mythology
A Norse goddess who is metioned in the Prose Edda, Poetic Edda, and skaldic poetry. Each mention grants her different characteristics, leading to a degree of uncertainty about her ...
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