Yggdrasil - Nine Worlds of the Norse - Extra Mythology

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  @extrahistory · 8 years ago · pinned

  Nine worlds the world tree touches. Nine worlds for the races of gods and men and monsters. The tree is named Yggdrasil. Today&apos;s Extra Mythology is brought to you by God of War! &nbsp;<a href="http://bit.ly/2FBqVPH">http://bit.ly/2FBqVPH</a>

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  @asiboe · 8 years ago

  Bifrost, The inspiration of rainbow road and cause of broken friendships

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  @hellcopterts8895 · 8 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIL7TAO1cT4&amp;t=64">1:04</a> &quot;The great raibow bridge that connects the realm of men and the realm of Gods...&quot;<br>I agree, if you finish that Mario Kart&apos;s course without falling a single time, you are no longer in the realm of men.

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  @endplanets · 8 years ago

  A wooden bridge with a solid gold roof? That&apos;s just bad engineering.

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  @kingalfred2014 · 8 years ago

  I love how much Freya enjoys riding her cat chariot.

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  @fulcrum2951 · 8 years ago

  &quot;Boi!&quot; is heard from the distance

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  @Linfamy · 8 years ago

  Seems like Tolkein borrowed much from Norse myths.

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  @kiddinn95 · 8 years ago (edited)

  As an Icelander I just love hearing the pronunciations, which are really quite good compared to other english speakers.<br>1. Thank you, thank you, thank you for pronouncing Hel as hell instead of hella. That alone almost ruined Thor: Ragnarok for me.<br>2. Please, by Odin&apos;s beard, please don&apos;t say bi-frost as if the bridge has frozen twice. It&apos;s split bif-röst.<br>EDIT addition: You pronounce heim correctly yay! :D

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  @kingcobra7700 · 8 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIL7TAO1cT4&amp;t=260">4:20</a> when you miss leg day

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  @SHjorvar · 8 years ago

  As an Icelander who has read most of the old sagas (in the original language) and loves norse mythology I have to say that this is a fairly accurate accounting. I love it! <br>Thanks EC for doing a little bit of work undoing what Marvel has made of our history :)

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  @GwennyRock · 8 years ago

  I&apos;m genuinely curious, is it a bad thing in norse myth to be undefeated in battle? Would someone who could never be slain, who fought to their last breathe but was taken by age rather than someone else still go to hel?

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  @SuperHipsterGamer · 8 years ago (edited)

  A quick note, that may be lost in translation. The word &quot;giants&quot; is a weird translation, because the scandinavian words like Jætte or Jötun doesn&apos;t mean giants in that language. In truth the giants were not all,... well gigantic. Most were in fact the size of humans and are more alike to the orcs of middle-earth.<br><br><br>EDIT:<br><br>I want to mention @KendrixTermina who pointed something interesting out that I didn&apos;t know. I&apos;ll just quote him and be sure to give him a thumbs-up &nbsp;down in the thread:<br><br>AFAIK It was a translation by a 19th century playwright who wanted to Allude to the ancient greek Gigantes, as in &quot;Our stories are cool too!&quot;<br><br>IMHO &quot;Titans&quot; would have been a more apt equivalent, with how they&apos;re remnants of the primordial chaos that are fought by the younger gods who deserve representation and around a similar power level as those

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