this paper I will discuss some of the many differences between Norse Mythology and Chinese Mythology. The term “Mythology” is often used to describe a religion but during this paper I will use this term to mean a set of myths that are unique to a single culture. Mythology for the Norse was very different from the Chinese. Not only do they differ in deities but they also in the way that they process the world around them. Norse Mythology originated in Scandinavia and was a collection of myths that
Norse Mythology is made up of nine different worlds and is ruled over by more than 65 gods. The king of these gods is Odin. Odin is associated with wisdom, healing, death, poetry, sorcery, and more (Einherjar, 2011). Odin holds many names including Wōdan, Óðinn, and Wōđanaz (Einherjar, 2011). Often in Germanic languages, Wednesday bears Odin’s name (Einherjar, 2011). The name “Odin” translates to mean “Master of Ecstasy” (McCoy, 2012). Odin is one of the oldest and highest ranking of all of the gods
what extent was the acquisition of wealth the primary motivation for the Norse raiding of Western Europe and the British Isles beginning in 793CE and ending in 1066CE? Introduction: The Vikings are some of ancient Europe’s most well-known seaborne raiders. ‘The Viking Age,’ was the time characterised by heavy Norse raiding of Europe, specifically Western Mainland Europe and the British Isles. It began in 793CE with the Norse raid on the Monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, Britain and it ended