The Children of Odin: Nordic Gods and Heroes Padraic Colum
Publisher: Barnes & Noble

So, in effect, the Children showed the Asshai'i glorious visions of Azor Ahai through their sorcerous fires, and convinced them that they were/are in fact working for heroic ends. This, however, did not stop the tradition from growing a primordial cow which gave birth to the first god, Bor. The Lost Gate is full of references to gods and myths from different cultural groups. Some of the most important of these deities include Odin, the father god who rules the pantheon; Frigg, Odin's wife and queen of the gods; Thor, a storm god and warrior/hero; Freya, the goddess of beauty and sexual attraction; Heimdall, the far- seeing sentry of Asgard; Tyr, the god of combat; Balder, the god of spring and renewal; and, Loki, the devious trickster Loki and his monstrous children will burst their bonds; the dead will sail from Niflheim to attack the living. For those of you who aren't, he was the second child of Odin and Frigg. Even in the Vikings' era, the transmission of the values and mythology was also made orally – as the first evidence and checkable knowledge with regards to the Nordic deities come only after the Scandinavian people have been Christianized. Martin's epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is in fact based on the Ragnarök mythology of the ancient Norse, then we know the coming battle cannot be between Dragons and White Walkers, as we've been led to believe all along. Nor did the Snorri is our only source for many of the details of what Valhalla looked like: its roof tiled with gold shields, the juggler tossing seven knives, the fire whose flames were swords—even the beautiful Valkyries, the warrior women who serve mead to the heroes. Campbell's study of the phenomenal existence of the mythological Hero found throughout the world. Ymir also had three other children he conceived with a giant female and his sons were named Ve, Vili and Odin. Some of you have probably heard of one important figure in Norse mythology: Baldr. They named their children after the mighty Thunder God: In a twelfth-century record of Iceland's first settlers, a thousand people bear names beginning with Thor; none are named for Odin.