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Asgard
The enclosed home of the Aesir in Norse cosmology. Not Valhalla the hall, and not Olympus under another spelling.
Also known as Ásgarðr
Norse tradition
Asgard appears in Norse tradition.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning presents Ásgarðr as the enclosed home of the Æsir. A named Norse cosmology-place, attested in that prose, not Valhalla the hall and not Olympus under another spelling.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Chariot appears in Asgard.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning seats Thor’s goat-drawn chariot among the traveling gear of the Aesir’s enclosed home. A named chariot in that prose, not wagon as the heavier load-cart and not every solar-disk dump.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Cauldron appears in Asgard.
Hymiskviða in the Poetic Edda has Thor and Týr fetch Hymir’s brewing-cauldron so the gods may hold their ale-feast. A named cauldron brought into the gods’ feast-economy, not Eldhrímnir as Valhalla’s cook-kettle alone and not every Celtic revival-pot dump.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Thor appears in Asgard.
Lokasenna, Þrymskviða, and neighboring Poetic Edda god-poems seat Þórr among the Aesir at home before and after journeys. A named presence of Thor in Asgard speech, not Olympus and not Midgard alone.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Loki appears in Asgard.
Lokasenna in the Poetic Edda stages Loki inside the Aesir hall among the gods he insults. A named presence of Loki in Asgard speech, not a generic mischief dump and not Útgarðr.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Frigg appears in Asgard.
Lokasenna and Völuspá neighbors in the Poetic Edda seat Frigg among the Aesir household. A named presence of Frigg in Asgard speech, not Freyja’s field and not a generic queen dump.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Freyja appears in Asgard.
Þrymskviða and Lokasenna in the Poetic Edda seat Freyja among the Aesir company even as a Vanir goddess. A named presence of Freyja in Asgard speech, not Fólkvangr as her slain-field alone.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Odin appears in Asgard.
Grímnismál, Lokasenna, and neighboring Poetic Edda god-poems seat Óðinn among the Aesir home. A named presence of Odin in Asgard, not Valhalla as the slain-hall alone and not a generic sky-god dump.
from Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation) · Poetic Edda, medieval Icelandic compilation; Larrington trans. 1996/2014
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Bridge appears in Asgard.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning has the gods ride Bifröst, the bridge, into Ásgarðr. A named bridge appearing at that gods’ home, not bridge→appears_in→norse as tradition kind alone and not the rainbow folk-name alone.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Audience Hall appears in Asgard.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning receives Gangleri into the Asgard hall where the High ones answer his questioning. A named audience-hall in that gods’ home, not throne-room as the seat chamber alone and not mead-hall as Valhalla’s feast-house alone.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Long Hall appears in Asgard.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning seats the gods in long communal halls of Asgard for counsel and household speech. A named long-hall in that gods’ home, not mead-hall as Valhalla’s feast-house alone and not longhouse as an archaeology dwelling dump.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Moot Hall appears in Asgard.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning has the gods sit indoors for moot and counsel in Asgard. A named moot-hall in that gods’ home, not thingstead as open ground alone and not senate-house as a Roman flatten.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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Farmyard appears in Asgard.
Snorri’s Gylfaginning keeps goats, boars, and household stock speech around the gods’ home yards in Asgard. A named farmyard in that gods’ home, not courtyard as an open court alone and not Folkvangr as Freyja’s field alone.
from Snorri Sturluson · Gylfaginning, c. 1220
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sources
- Gylfaginning · Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning, in the Prose Edda.
- Poetic Edda · Anonymous (Eddic poems); Carolyne Larrington (translation)
The Poetic Edda, trans. Carolyne Larrington.