Grimnir – Pseudonym of Odin when he visits his foster son Geirrod, King of the Goths. Tricked the king of Sweden out of a tract of his land. Gangnrad – Pseudonym of Odin when he visits Vafthrudnir. Freyja – Main goddess of the Vanir (fertility gods). Fjorgyn – Lover of Odin and mother of Thor. Einherjar – Band of dead warriors in Valhalla who await Ragnarok. Said to ride around the earth on his horse Skinfaxi. Created by the cow Audmula licking him from ice. Bragi – The Norse God of poetry and eloquence. Bor – Son of Buri and father of Odin, Vili and Ve. Bolverk – The alias Odin adopted when disguised as a giant to win the mead of poetry. Aesir – A group of warrior gods led by Odin who inhabit Asgard. Married to Ran and lives under the waves near the island of Hlesey. Norse mythology not only has it’s gods, goddesses and immortals but also a myriad of other characters and creatures that populate the stories including giants, dwarfs, monsters, magical animals and objects. The Myths on this site are largely based on the translations of Snorri Sturluson’s work by Kevin Crossley-Holland an English translator, children’s author and poet. Sturluson’s works have been translated many times over and in many languages. They are “said” to be the least biased writings of the lot. The myths presented on this website were derived from the works of Snorri Sturluson an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (1179 – 1241). Many of these sources however are said to be tainted by the Christian bias of the writers. Norse mythology comprises the pre-Christian beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian peoples including those who settled on Iceland where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. These stories were passed down in the form of poetry until the 11th – 18th centuries when the Eddas and other texts were written. Like Jesus says, it is "a foolish man who built his house on sand." Who will you be today, will you be like the wise man and build your house on the rock of Jesus or like a foolish man and build it on the sand of the world? "But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord," Joshua 24:15.The Norse Gods are the mythological characters that, as far as we know, came from the Northern Germanic tribes of the 9th century AD. However, if we build our house (our life) on sand, like money or fame or drugs or any other thing that is not Christ Jesus, then our foundation is shaky and weak and when the storms of life inevitably come we will be lost and we will lose everything. 
When we build our house (our life) in Christ and on Christ then we are built on the rock and have a solid foundation to weather the storms that life will bring. Since we seek eternal life in the glory of God we need a good foundation which is Christ. When we build a house we want it to have a good and strong foundation because if it does not have a good foundation it will crumble and fall and we will lose everything. I was reminded of this passage this week as we dealt with Hurricane Irene and the flooding and devastation that she brought.
The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell and great was its fall."-Matthew 7:24-27 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock.
"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house of rock.
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