by Graeme Davis
Thjalfi: A farmer’s son who became Thor’s servant and companion.
Thrudheim: “World of Strength,” one of Thor’s three residences.
Thrudvang: “Field of Power,” one of Thor’s three residences.
Thule Society: A secret society founded in 1911 for the study of Germanic religion and tradition. Some of its members became leaders in the Nazi Party.
Thunor: An Anglo-Saxon name for Thor.
Thunaer: A name for Thor used in the 9th century in Germany.
Thrym: A giant who stole Thor’s hammer Mjolnir.
Tryggvason, Olaf: A king of Norway, later a saint, who worked to establish Christianity in his country.
Viking Revival: A 19th-century Romantic movement in Scandinavia and Germany marked by a resurgence of interest in Norse mythology and culture.
Tyr: The Aesir god of the law.
Utgard: The realm of Utgardaloki. Literally “outlands.”
Utgardaloki: A giant (in some versions the king of the Jotun) who tricks Thor and Loki with several illusions.
Valhalla: Odin’s hall in Asgard.
Valkyries: Goddesses who roam the battlefields choosing those who died well and conducting them to Valhalla.
Vanir: The second, and lesser-known, tribe of Norse gods, to whom Frey and Freyja belonged.
Yggdrasil: The great ash-tree that binds together all the worlds of Norse cosmogony.
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