1 Odhinn ascended, with

Hoenir to heights unknown

Ginnungagap below,

great Itha Plain above;

5 ascended they further

and on Itha Plain built

Odhinn great Ase-home,

Hoenir great Ase-home.

Asgard still empty,

10 Allfather found Fjorgynn,

for frith from Fjorgynn

filled Asgard forthwith;

frolic finding frith,

Fjorgynn finds Odhinn;

15 with Fjolnir Fjorgynn

was pregnant with life.

Fjorgynn bore Fjolnir's sons,

first came ardent Thorr,

a brother soon followed,

20 Aesir Meili and Thorr;

kept Fjorgynn her sons

keeper from harms way,

until the time to teach,

unless from harm hide them.

25 Loki finding Ase-Home,

finding from fiery flame,

Odhinn found Loki

friends fast became they;

Laufey-s son Loki

30 soon friend of Odhinn,

became as blood, for

blood brothers became.

Hand to knife finding,

hand to knife cutting

35 blood on Itha Plain dripped,

blending to the other

as Lopt-s friend by Odhinn

Aesir became by blood;

boasted Odhinn of mead,

40 boast Lopt-s blood-brother:

mead would drink not lest

mead would Loki partake.

As Thorr grew older

Aesir Odhinn, Hoenir

45 with Loki dids't teach him

with Fjorgynn fear finding;

Odhinn spoke of knowledge,

Hoenir spoke of senses,

Loki spoke of Jotnar,

50 liked not Fjorgynn her ears.

Fjorgynn liked not these things,

Loki, Odhinn and Hoenir

spoke of danger and deeds,

spoke of ill-willed Jotuns;

55 hiding Meili from these,

hiding Meili from danger,

Frigg flew forth freely,

fleeing free to Asgard.

Not all was learned of the

60 near and far worlds before

Asa-Thorr came of age,

Asa-Thorr knew not all;

worlds within the World Tree,

warrant his protection

65 from the Utgards withal,

from the Jotuns within.

Asgard now empty,

Allfather found Frigg,

for frith from Frigg

70 filled Asgard forthwith;

frolic finding frith,

Frigg finds Odhinn;

with Fjolnir Frigg

was pregnant with life.

75 Allfather with Frigg shared

Ase-Hamr with wife,

Asynjur Frigg became,

Asa-Wife of Odhinn;

Frigg then found her home,

80 Fensalir the great Hall

on Itha Plain was built,

oathed of Odhinn was Frigg.

Within Fensalir Frigg

found her hand-maidens:

85 Syn, Eir, and Fulla,

Sjofn, and Lofn,

Vor, Hlin, and Snotra,

Vara, and Saga,

lastly Gna, all for Frigg,

90 giving Goddesses all.

Frigg bore Fjolnir's sons,

in Fensalir bore sons,

first came faithful Tyr,

first in Fensalir born;

95 a brother soon followed,

Aesir Tyr and Hermodh,

Sons of Allfather,

sons of Odhinns-Oathed.

Tyr with Hermodh grew,

100 with teachings they grew,

Aesir Odhinn, Hoenir

and Loki dids-t teach them;

Odhinn spoke of knowledge,

Hoenir spoke of senses,

105 Loki spoke of Jotnar,

lurking dangers of worlds.

As siblings they grew,

as siblings they aged,

Tyr learned many things,

110 teachings of Aesir;

Hermodh-s brother then

having come of age,

with Hermodh together,

went forward to Odhinn.

115 Odhinn gave unto Tyr,

Odhinn gave to his sons,

To Hermodh gave byrnie,

Tyr objectivity;

for Hermodh a helmet,

120 for Tyr, sword gave Odhinn,

finely embroidered clothes,

from Fensalir gave Frigg.

Objectivity Tyr took,

Tyr then ordered all,

125 for the worlds knew not

the ordering ways;

bringer of order,

bringing Midgard might,

further ordered brave Tyr,

130 fashioning worlds from dust.

Asgard near empty,

Odhinn found Frigg,

for frith from Frigg

filled Asgard forthwith;

135 frolic finding frith,

Frigg finds Odhinn,

with Fjolnir Frigg

was pregnant with life.

Frigg bore Fjolnir-s sons,

140 in Fensalir bore sons,

first came fare Baldr,

in Fensalir born first;

a brother soon followed,

Aesir Baldr and Hodh,

145 sons of Allfather,

sons of Odhinn-s-Oathed.

Frigg-s maidens raised them,

fair Baldr and Hodh,

as siblings they grew,

150 as siblings they aged;

Sjofn taught Baldr love,

taught Eir, Baldr to heal,

from Snotra wisdom,

for Hodh was as a child.

155 Sif then to Ase-Home

suredly behind Thorr,

Thorr with Goldenhaired Sif

shared Ase-Hamr with wife;

Asynjur Sif became,

160 Asa-Wife of strong Thorr,

together they built

Thrudheim on Itha Plain.

There was then great frith,

then from Jotunheim came

165 sisters three, etins all,

spinning the webs of fate;

Urdh, Verdhandi, and Skuld,

verily deciding,

none shall challenge them,

170 none shall deny them.

Nanna then to Asgard

came, knowing her way;

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nanna then came to Asgard

when baldr saw nanna .....

they made breidhablick their home

forseti is born

nanna becomes Asynjur

Odhinn Hoenir and Loki then came to midgard

from an ash they were approached by ask

from an elm, embla on all fours

odhinn gave then an awareness of Salfr

Hoenir ond

Loki individual thought

ask and embla left them and passed their traits to

others of their kind

there kind began to evolve faster than the other animals

eventually they resembled the gods

they also brought consciousness to the dwarves

this place in midgard was known as mannaheim

man became aware of the wights, and aware of the

gods of nature

they prayed to the gods called to Vanir

they also prayed to loki who brought fire to them

the aesir were not aware of the vanir and continued to

influence these creatures

they saw within man vast potentual

Sif went to man and taught them how to gather nuts and

berries

upon returning to asgard sif with thorr was pregnant

Thrudh was born

as she grew older she became fascinated by man

she encouraged them to harvest grains, and to plant seeds

after witnessing the men worship the goddes, one of the

vanir follows her to asgard

the aesir call this van gullveig, and they kill her...

the war

When Forseti came of age he took it upon himself

to bring justice to the worlds, thus ending the war,

and builds Glitnir, his home.

The Aesir gave the Vanir hostages: Hoenir, and Mimir,

brother of Bestla; and they settled in Vanaheim.

The Vanir gave the Aesir hostages: Njord, Freyr, and

Freya; and they settled in Asgard.

With Freyr cam Byggvir, Beyla, and Skirnir.

With Freya cam the Valkyries, the warrior-maidens:

Brynhild, Geirmund, Geirskogul, Goll, Gondul, Gunn, Guth,

Herfjotur, Hervor the All-wise, Hild, Hlathguth the Swan-White,

Hlokk, Hrist and Mist (who serve Odin), Olrun, Randgrith,

Rathgrith, Reginleif, Sigrun, Skeggjold, Skogul, Skuld, Svana,

and Thruth.

The Aesir and the Vanir then made a truce by spitting into a kettle.

>From the kettle was spawned Kvasir who had the

combined knowledge of all the gods.

He merrily journeyed throughout all the worlds offering

his knowledge to all who would accept it, for his knowledge

knew no bounds.

The Vanir felt that they were cheated in the exchange of

hostages, for Hoenir would not speak his mind in council;

in anger they slew Mimir and returned his head to Odin to

express their displeasure.

Odin takes MimirUs head and preserves it, singing runes to it,

and takes it to a secret place.

This place in Jotunheim then became known as Mimir-s well

ever onward.

An unknown builder then came to Asgard, the builder claimed

he could raise a wall around Asgard within 18 months.

His price was the sun and moon, and Freya as well.

With the aid of Loki that the builder must build the

walls in one winter, with the aid of his horse Svidilfari.

The wall was all complete and fully guarded against

all assault, except for the entrance, by three days before summer.

The Gods decided that the situation was Loki-s transgression,

and that he must devise a plan to default the builder.

That night a mare was spotted, Svidilfari sought after her,

leaving his duties behind.

The builder was so angered that his true visage was seen.

The Gods bore witness to this giantUs rage and called upon Thor.

The Gods- wager was nullified by the builder-s deception.

Thor then returned from jotunheim, and recognizing

the builder as giant-kind, slew the giant.

Nine months pass and no one has heard from Loki.

Loki returned with a young colt, Sleipnir, the fastest

horse in all the worlds; for he appeared to have eight

legs when he ran.

Loki then gave Sleipnir to Odin as a gift.

Kvasir then accepts an invitration to a feast sponsored

by Fjalar and Galar, and sets out for Svartalfheim.

While faring through Mannaheim, Kvasir teaches men

wisdom and the Lore of the Gods.

Thor on another journey to Jotunheim visits Jarnsaxa,

who gives birth to his two sons, Magni and Modi.

As Magni and Modi grew older, they learned many things

from the dwarves, whom they would often visit.

When Modi came of age, he took it upon himself to teach

man how to forge and fashion bronze.

Magni continued to learn things from the dwarves; and

after learning many things, took it upon himself to teach

man how to forge and fashion iron.

It was then that Odin hung himself on the Yggdrasil.

Wounded by his own spear, and sacrificing himself to

himself, Holda then taught him the secret of death over

a period of nine nights.

Odin then saw the runes, and absorbing their knowledge,

fell from the tree.

Odin then sacrifices his left eye for a drink from Mimir-s well,

and Mimir teaches him nine songs.

When Odin returns to Asgard, Tyr recognises the power of

his father and he acedes to him.

Loki then inspires the Dwarves to create gifts for the Aesir,

pitting the two great clans of dwarves against each other.

Sigyn then came to Asgard.

When Loki saw Sigyn, he sought after her, and they were wed.

Loki was so moved by her presence, and her by his, that they

had two sons, Nari and Narfi. In doing this, Sigyn became Asynjur.

Loki journies to Jotunheim and meets with Angrboda.

Angrboda has three childred by Loki: Hela, Fenrir, and Jormungand.

Loki keeps his affair with Angrboda, and his children by her, a secret.

The Aesir discover the birth of LokiUs ill brood, and seek them out.

Odin then cast Jormungand toward Midgard, where he

continually grows as Midgard conytinues to expand.

Odin cast the half-dead Hela toward Helgard.

Holda catches Hela from her fall, and teaches her of the dead.

The Fenris wolf returns with Odin to Asgard.

Tyr nurtures Fenrir, for he is the only one with the courage

to feed the fell wolf.

Odin, in coucil with the Norns, is told that Fenrir will be the

death of him.

Seeing FenrirUs strength and ferocity, the Aesir decided to

bind Fenrir.

Three chains, Ledding, Dromi, and Gleipnir were used.

Only the insubstantial Gleipnir could bind the wolf.

In binding Fenrir, Tyr lost his right hand to the wolf-s jaws.

Odin journies to Jotunheim to seduce Grid, in order to

have a son to avenge his prophesied death.

Odin tells Grid, *When our son, Vithar, comes of age,

send him to his father.*

Thor and Loki then set off to Jotunheim.

While in Jotunheim, Grid gives them shelter

and warns them of Utgard-Loke.

Baldr begins to have nightmares.

Frigg assigns Hlinn to protect Baldr, and asks all

things to protect him as well.

Loki, in the guise of an old crone, procures from Frigg

the mistletoe was too young to offer protection.

Hodur, unknowingly, kills Bldr with the guidance

and direction of Loki.

All the gods mourned the death of Baldr.

Since no Ase can kill their own, Odin journies to

Jotunheim to visit with the evil guantess Rind,

and by her has Vali.

Vali kills Hodur, and returns to his mother in Jotunheim.

Loki insults all the Gods and Goddesses and is banished.

Narfi becomes a wolf to murder his brother Nari.

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