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As you know, the most of Einherjer´s lyrics tell about Norse mythology. Some of the lyrics contains an ancient Scandinavian words, names, places etc that are unknown for many. This is a dictionary about those words. If something is missing or wrong, please tell me about it by
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Big thanks to Jason of some great info. I also used the Scandinavian Mythology literature as the source of my information: Snorre Sturluson´s Edda & The family Sagas of Norwegian kings.

THE WORD:


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  EXISTS WHERE?


Allfather   Odin    
Angerboda   A giant woman. Mother of Fenrir, Jormungand, and Hel. Mistress to Loke   Clash Of The Elder
Asgard   Contains the halls of the gods    
Aurora Borealis   Northern Lights   Aurora Borealis
Balder   Son of Odin   The Pathfinder & The Prophetess
"Balder´s killer"   Balder´s brother Hod (or Hodr etc.) killed Balder through a trick played by Loki.   The Pathfinder & The Prophetess
Berzerker   A soldier who filled himself with hate before battle and fought like insane.   Dragons Of The North, Slaget ved Hafrsjord, Hugin´s Eyes, Crimson Rain,
Bifrost   The rainbow, the flaming bridge that runs between Asgard and Midgard.   Ballad Of The Swords
Bur (Byr)   The father of Vile, Ve & Odin   Out Of Ginnungagap
Brynhild   Went married with Sigurd, Sigurd broke the marriage and Brynhild avenged him deadly.   Regicide
The Dragon   A Viking ship   Dragons Of The North, A New Earth
Eight-legged Horse   Sleipnir, Odin´s horse    
Einherjer   A battle slain vikings of Valhalla. Waiting for the final battle.   Einherjer, Home, Inferno
Far Far North   Hel   Far Far North
Fimbul Winter   Abnormal long winter. The winter of the end of the world   Fimbul Winter
Garm   A howling hound. A guard of Hel   Inferno
Giants   Giants of the East. Will attack Gods when Ragnarok comes.   Storms Of The Elder
Ginnungagap   The void that has existed since the beginning, before the creation of the world.   Far Far North (the song), Out Of Ginnungagap
Gnipaheller   The cave that gives entrance to Hel.   Inferno
Gungnir   Odin´s spear   Storms Of The Elder
Gram       Howl Raven´s Come, Draconian Umpire
The Hall Of Death   Valhalla   Home
Hafrsfjord   The location of the battle in the year of 872.   Slaget ved Hafrsfjord
Hel   A kingdom of death or it´s mistress, the daughter of Loke. Check "Far Far North" lyrics for more.   Far Far North, Ballad Of The Swords, Odin Owns Ye All, Inferno, Doomfaring, Hugin´s Eyes, Draconian Umpire
Helheim   Same as Hel   The Pathfinder & The Prophetess, Inferno
Hod   -   The Pathfinder & The Prophetess
Hugin   = Thought. One of the Odin´s ravens. The other is Munin = Memory   Hugin´s Eyes
Leve Vikingaanden   "Vikings live again" / "Cheer Vikings" or that way..   The intro song of "Odin Owns Ye All" album.
Loke (Loki)   The mischievous son of a giant who often hung out with the gods.   Inferno
Midgard   The Earth. Realm of men   Out Of Ginnungagap
Mjöllnir   Thor´s hammer   Far Far North (the cover)
Muspell   The land of fire located south of Ginnungagap.   Clash Of The Elder, Burning Yggdrasil
Nikar   Odin   Howl Raven´s Come
The Nine Worlds   The Human´s world, two God´s world, Giants´ world, the world of Dwarfs, of Alfs etc.   Burning Yggdrasil
Nivlhel       Far Far North
Njord       Odin Owns Ye All
Odin   The most important god of Vikings. God of wisdom and battle. An old, one-eyed, man who had a long barg and floppy-bordered hat. His marks were spear, eight-legged horse, and two ravens on his shoulders.   Einherjer, Far Far North, Dragons Of The North, Storms Of The Elder, Out Of Ginnungagap, Odin Owns Ye All, Home, The Pathfinder.., A New Earth, Wyrd Of The Dead, Crimson Rain,
"One Eyed"   Odin   Storms Of The Elder
Oskorei   Battlefield   Aurora Borealis (the song), Storms Of The Elder
The Pathfinder   Odin in disguise   The Pathfinder & The Prophetess
Ragnarök   The end of the world   Far Far North, Fimbul Winter, Remember Tokk
The Ravens   Odin´s ravens: Hugin & Munin   Ballad Of The Swords
Ridill   "Nimble" = Sword   Draconian Umpire
Sigurd   The oathbraker. The king Sigmund´s son. A great hero. Fell in love with Brynhild and swore an oath of marriage. Sigurd broke the law and that became his bane. >> Brunhild   Regicide
The Sister of the Moon   Sun   Out Of Ginnungagap, Howl Raven´s Come
Surt   The ruler of the fireworld   Burning Yggdrasil
Thule       Aurora Borealis (the song)
Tokk   Loke disguised himself as a woman by this name in order to prevent an attempt to retrieve Balder from the underworld.   Remember Tokk
Tyr   A god of war and battle. The bravest of all gods.   Einherjer, Home
Ulvhedin       Slaget ved Hafrsjord
Vanir   The oldest family of Norse deities.  Fertility gods.   Clash Of The Elder
Valhalla   The home of Einherjer - The battle slain heroes.   Einherjer, Storms Of The Elder, Home
Valkyria   Beautiful women who - with finger - marked out a heroes who shall fall. Then flew them to Valhalla. According to beliefs Valkyries decided the battle.   Einherjer, Odin Owns Ye All
Vile and Ve   The sons of Bur. The brothers of Odin.   Out Of Ginnungagap, Regicide (Vile),
Volve   A mortal soothsayer.   The Pathfinder & The Prophetess,
"The Wolf"       The Pathfinder & The Prophetess,
The wolf-of-vows   Same as above   Hugin´s Eyes
Wotan   Odin   Aurora Borealis
Yggdrasil   A large ash tree which arose from Ginnungagap.  Its roots stretch throughout creation and surface in Asgard, Jotunheim and Niflheim.   Out Of Ginnungagap, Clash Of The Elder, Inferno, Burning Yggdrasil
Ymir   An evil frost giant created when warm air from Muspell melted the ice at the edge of Ginnungagap forming a pool in the center of Ginnungagap.  Ymir arose from this pool.  Bur´s sons killed Ymir and created the earth from his draffs.   Out Of Ginnungagap