Crossword clues for asgard
asgard
- Valhalla's home
- Realm in the "Thor" movies
- Odin's domain
- Norse home of the gods
- Nordic abode of the gods
- Mythical region reached by a rainbow bridge
- Mythical realm on one end of the rainbow bridge Bifrost
- Mythical realm accessible only by the rainbow bridge Bifrost
- Land of Thor and Loki
- Home, to Norse gods
- Home to Thor and Loki
- Home to the Norse gods
- Home of principal Norse gods
- Home of Odin and Thor
- Frigg's digs
- Home of the Norse gods
- Odin's home
- Heavenly home of the Norse gods
- Mythical abode of heroes slain in battle
- One of the nine worlds of Norse mythology
- Home to Norse gods
- Odin's realm
- (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes
- Pad for Odin
- The Norse Olympus
- One pulls up to mythical realm
- Here Norse gods need a second pullover
- Norse gods' home
- Where Valhalla is, in myth
- Where Odin rules
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
home of the gods in Norse religion, from Old Norse ass "god," from Proto-Germanic *ansu- (cognates: Old High German ansi, Old English os, Gothic ans "god"), from PIE *ansu- "spirit" (cognates: \nfirst element in Ahura Mazda, from Avestan) + Old Norse garðr "enclosure, yard, garden" (see yard (n.1)).\n\n\n\n
Wikipedia
In Norse religion, Asgard (; "Enclosure of the Æsir") is one of the Nine Worlds and home to the Æsir tribe of gods. It is surrounded by an incomplete wall attributed to a Hrimthurs riding the stallion Svaðilfari, according to Gylfaginning. Odin and his wife, Frigg, are the rulers of Asgard.
One of Asgard's well known locations is Valhöll (Valhalla), in which Odin rules.
The Asgard are a highly advanced, fictional extraterrestrial race in the science fiction series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. They are first mentioned in the episode , and first seen in . In the series, the Asgard gave rise to Norse mythology on Earth, as well as accounts of the Roswell " Greys". Due to their technological Prowess, the Asgard are critical allies in Earth's fight against the Goa'uld, and later the Ori. The Asgard characters on the show are realized through a combination of puppets and computer-generated imagery.
Asgard is the name of a fictional realm and its capital city within the Marvel Comics universe. Based on the realm of the same name from Norse mythology, Asgard is home to the Asgardians and other beings adapted from Norse mythology. Asgard first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 (October 1962) by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, and features prominently in stories that follow the Marvel Comics superhero, Thor.
Asgard is the second largest multi-ring structure ( impact crater) on Jupiter's moon Callisto, measuring 1600 km in diameter. It is named after Asgard, the realm of the gods in Norse mythology. The central part of Asgard is dominated by the domed Doh impact crater.
A smaller multi-ring structure is superposed on the northern part of Asgard. It is called Utgard (also from Norse mythology) and measures ~600 km in diameter. Utgard is the fourth largest multi-ring feature on Callisto. A substantial part of the central region of Utgard is covered with deposits from the relatively young Burr crater.
Asgard is the capital city of the gods in Norse mythology.
Asgard, Asgaard or Asgård may also refer to:
Asgard is a gaff rigged yacht. She was owned by the English-born writer and Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and his wife Molly Childers. She is most noted for her use in the Howth gun-running of 1914.
Asgard is sometimes mistaken for Dulcibella, the boat in Robert Erskine Childers's classic novel The Riddle of the Sands. This was based on a smaller vessel, Vixen, previously owned by Childers.
Asgard is the third album by the German folk black metal band Adorned Brood. It was released on 16 June 2000.
Usage examples of "asgard".
Then the Jotuns suddenly unmasked their hatred and attacked us here in Asgard.
Asgard, and your war with the Jotuns, must have reached the outer world.
That devil will lead the hosts of the Jotuns in the last terrible attack on Asgard.
And once Loki is free and conspiring again with the Jotuns, it will be doom for all Asgard and the Aesir.
The Aesir, said the legends, inhabited the fabled city of Asgard, which was separated from the land of Midgard by a deep gulf that was spanned by a wonderful rainbow bridge.
And I, Keith Masters, with Thor, Frey and Freya of the old Aesir, was riding across it into Asgard, the mythical city of the gods!
Someone in Asgard had said that Timbuctoo would be the next to go, with Byzantium rising in its place.
The Frost Giants, the Dark Elves, Niflhel's denizens in revolt, civil war in Asgard, a real barnburner of a mess developing on Earth, and Muspellholy cow, what was I supposed to do about Muspell?
The Frost Giants, the Dark Elves, Niflhel's denizens in revolt, civil war in Asgard, a real barnburner of a mess developing on Earth, and Muspell—holy cow, what was I supposed to do about Muspell?
The clothing would have been a capital offense on Ramala, Damdin's home world, and utterly unacceptable on Asgard or Sossann.
He had come out of Harvard with a reputation for monetary sorcery and, after going to Wall Street when he was nineteen, had become the head magus of a band of spaced-out financiers calling themselves Asgard Equities, which through a series of lightning coups - option-pumping, feigned tenders, double straddles, and a lot of other techniques I but dimly comprehend - had within five years gained control of a billion-dollar corporate empire with extensive holdings on every continent but Antarctica.
Put out with all our ships and lie off Asgard until you see along which coast the Jotun fleet comes.
The helmeted maidens ride white horses and escort the dead heroes to Valhalla, Odin's great mead hall in Asgard.
They, in turn, control between them about seventy per cent of the nonworkers in Asgard.
Their country is called Nordheim, and they are divided into the red-haired Vanir of Vanaheim, and the yellow-haired Æsir of Asgard.