Fenris - Wolf monster. Lokes and Angerbodas son. Fenris is chained in Asgard, but upon Ragnarok, this chain will break (along with all other chains). Fenris will then attack the Gods along with his brother, the Midgard Serpent.

Garm -

Heimdal - Heimdall was the son of nine Giantesses, proably the daughters of the giant Ägir as their names ar closely related to the seawaves, at the borderline of the earth (remember, the earth is flat! :-). His second name is 'Hallinskide' (Something like 'The leaning stick'). He is also mentioned as 'the white Asa' and 'GullenTanne'. Heimdall rides a horse with the name Gulltopp.

As the god of light H. is the sworn enemy of Loke, which is the god of Night. Heimdall lives in Himingbjörg (which perhaps can be translated to something like: 'The mountains of heaven'). Snorre Sturlausson calls him 'great, holy'.

One of Heimdalls main features is his drinking horn 'Gjallarhornet'. Through which the river Gjöll falls down the well of Mimer. At the end of the world (Ragnarök) it's said that the river Gjöll alters it's reaches and Gjallarhornet dries out. As the horn dries out it starts a fire which spread to the world tree which is rooted above the well of Mimer.

Hel - A monster, half her skin is black-blue and the other skin-coloured. She reigns in Nivlheim, the kingdom of death, where the fallen warriors go. The gate to her kingdom is guarded by Garm. "Hel" means "death".

Loke - Thor's friend, he is able to change shape.

Nidhogg - Serpent that lives in the well of Hvergelme and gnaws on the roots of Yggdrasil.

Odin - According to the traditional heathen mythology Odin is the leader of the Asa gods. Other material suggest that the name originally refers to a subarctic priest and Sejd master. Much is told about Odin in 'Ynglingasagan' where he is described in detail. He is supposed to have been highly intelligent, witty and cunning. He is well aquainted with the art of poetry and he allways speaks in verse and rhymes. Among other things he is suppose to have been the great ancestor of all the schamans. He has all of the characteristics of a shaman:

1. He can transform into any shape desired.
2. Odin Allways speaks in a solemn and convincing verse.
3. He blinds his enemies in battles, makes their swords and knifes blunt and is able to disappear at will.
4. He is master over all of the berserks. With a Berserc I try to describe an almost insanely agressive warrior.
5. He has a perfect control over the weather.
6. He can wake the dead and talk to people which have been hung.
7. He knows the verbal as well as the written magic.
8. He can open the graves and the earth.

Odin make many self sacrifices in order to gain the wisdom which he posess. In order to be able to read the runes he let's himself be hanged in a tre for nine days. He tears out his right eye to gain wisdom at Mimers well. His Mothers Brother (Mimer) was a giant by birth and also a very wise magician.

Odin has many names: Sidhatt, Grimner, Hjälmbäre, Ygg and many more. He is also considered to be somewhat of an sex athlete, among other feats he has seduces seven women at the same time, as well as Gunnlös and Rind. Seduction is perhaps the wrong word for his actions in the latter case as he rapes Rind in order to breed the son Våle which is to kill Höder, responsible for Balders (Odins only legititmate son) death.

Odin's character is rather complicated. He can be viewed from many different angles. Above I have given you som information about his schamanistic nature ( which in it self is rather complicated). But this is not the only way to view him. In the myths he has also been described (Tacitus, Germania) as a wanderer, master of the people of Harierna. He is described as a gigantic oneeyed schaman. Odin is also known for his talents in horseback riding. His Horse, Sleipner, can fly, has eight legs and is faster than any living creature on the earth.

Ragnarok - The end of the world. Followed by a new and peaceful world.

Ratatosk - The squirrel that relays messages of evil between the Eagle and Nidhogg in the World Tree, Yggdrasil.

Skadi - The Goddess of hunting and skiing.

Yggdrasil - The eternal green "world tree". Center of the world and the connection between people, the powers in heaven and underground. Yggdrasil has three major roots, one in Asgard, one with the "rimtusses" and one in Nivlheim, where Nidhoog lies.