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Norse Gods, 2007. Each image represents one of the gods from Norse mythology.
Illustrations for Norræna Félagið (The Nordic Association in Iceland).
Featured in The Neighbourhood of the Gods, a pamphlet covering the "heathen district” in downton Reykjavík where the streets are named after the Norse gods.
Baldur, the son of Óðinn and Frigg, was the fairest and most
noble of all the Gods.
Bragi, the god of poetry and eloquence.
Fjölnir, son of Freyr and Gerður, he was a Swedish king of the
House of Yngling, at Gamla Uppsala.
Freyja, the goddess of love and fertility, the most beautiful and
propitious of the goddesses. Her chariot is pulled by two cats.
Hnitbjörg, represents the mountain abode of the giant Suttungur
where he placed the mead of poetry for safekeeping under the
guardianship of his daughter Gunnlöður.
Höður, son of Óðinn and brother of Baldur. He was tricked by
Loki into killing Baldur with a spear made of mistletoe.
Loki, half god and half giant. As a punishment for killing Baldur,
Loki was bound to a rock and a snake placed above his head so
that its venom would drip onto him. Sigyn, Loki's wife, sits
beside him and collects the venom in a wooden bowl.
Mímir, god of knowledge and wisdom. His head guards Mímir's
well, a well of highest wisdom, which he himself drinks from,
using a drinking horn called Gjallarhorn, to gain great knowledge.
Nanna, wife of Baldur. When Baldur was killed she was so
overcome with grief that she died.
Njörður, father of Freyr and Freyja and the god of sea, seafaring,
wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.
Óðinn, the chief god of Norse mythology, god of war and
wisdom. Óðinn had two ravens, Huginn and Muninn, who flew
around the world every day to learn of the day's news and then
returned to Óðinn to report.
Sjöfn, the goddess who awakens love and passion between people.
Þór, son of Ódinn and the giantess Jörð, known as the god of
thunder. Þór owns a short-handled hammer, called Mjölnir.
Týr, son of Óðinn and Frigg, the god of war and assembly.
Týr lost his right hand when the gods decided to imprison the
monstrous wolf Fenrir.
Urður, one of the three witches who rule the fates of gods and
men in Norse mythology.
Váli, son of Óðinn and Rindur. Váli was born with the sole
purpose of revenging Baldur's death by killing Höður.
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