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Norse Pantheon

Odin*Raven-thoughts and memory
*Wolves
*(one eye)

Frigg
*Odin's wife

Thor (Odin's son)
*hammer- iron gloves
*strength- belt
*goats

Baldr
*Son of Odin
*Wisdom
*Whiteness

Njard
*Sea
*Fire
*North
*Wind

Frey                                   
*brother of Freyja
*rain
*controls sunlight (because he controls rain clouds not the sun)
*peaceful
*fertility

Freyja
*love/beauty
*cats
Tyr
*war
*one hand

Bragi
*poetry

Heimdall
*watchmen/guardian of rainbow
*horn (sound in warning)

Loki
*Evil children (Ferris, Hel, Midgard Serpent)
*Trickster

Characteristics of Trickster

1) Ambiguous Personality- associated with death & life, fertility/impedance, society/nature
2) Deceiver - trick player
3) Shape Shifter - elements, other people, genders, animals
4) Situation Inverter - can flip things around from what isn't to what is
5) Messenger/Imitator of Gods
6) Sacred/Lewd Bricoleur - DIY (do it yourself); can do things other gods
    can't, not constrained by rules, creates things either good or bad

Theophany

gods/goddesses reveal themselves

Omphalas

*naval gazing
*"ommmmmm"- access the desire to return back to the center (womb)Psychopomp

responsible for escorting the dead to the afterlife

Hermes

crazy trickster man, messenger of gods, flying shoes, cool stick thing

Yggdrasil

world tree
Liminal

neither/nor, thresholds

Ragnarok

end of the world, final battle between good/evil