1. Vikings believed in many gods (and goddesses). They were all similar to humans but were of great importance. They all had different features and different flaws. The gods of the north, or Norse gods, looked like ordinary people. They had many similarities with people. They had powers and weren’t eternal but they lived for a very long time. They lived in a place called Asgard which was located in the sky in which they lived in palaces made of silver and gold. Odin (king of gods) lived in Valhalla were warriors killed in war went. Some days of the week were named after gods. All the myths about the gods were passed down through stories and children. The Vikings worshiped their gods outside in nature, they picked natural landmarks (like waterfalls or rare trees). …show more content…
Odin- Odin was the king of all gods. He was a one eyed, grey bearded old man (he gave up the other eye for wisdom, when he drank from the fountain of wisdom and threw his eye into the well of wisdom). He was the god of poets and warriors. He was also known as Wotan or Wodan. Woden’s day is Wednesday which is named after him. In mythology he was one of the most complicated characters. He was believed to have been the creator of humans, the earth and sky and all living creatures. He was a stern ruler. He watched over nine worlds as he sat on his throne which was called Hlidskjalf. He had two pet ravens. They gathered information for him and their names were Huginn (meaning thought) and Muninn ( meaning memory). He also had two pet wolves (Geri and Freki) and he rode a horse named Sleipnir who had eight legs. He could tell what the future held for people. He had a wife, Frigg, and four sons Thor, Balder, Hodr and Vali. However it is supposed that he had other wives. He had a spear named Gungnir. He had a similar look to a wizard as we wore a cloak and a brimmed