The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard 3) - Page 59

see my mom again someday. Loki had threatened that the spirits of my family would suffer for what I had done to him. Eventually, I would have to seek out the frozen land of the dead and see for myself.

But for now, we had fireworks. We had our friends, new and old. I had Alex Fierro next to me, holding my hand.

It might stop at any moment. We einherjar know we are destined to die. The world will end. The big picture cannot be changed. But in the meantime, as Loki once said, we can choose to alter the details. That’s how we take control of our destiny.

Sometimes, even Loki can be right.

AEGIR—lord of the waves

AESIR—gods of war, close to humans

ALLAHU akbar—God is greater

ARGR—Norse for unmanly

BALDER—an Aesir god, son of Odin and Frigg, brother of many, including Thor; he was so handsome, gracious, and cheerful that he gave off light

BERSERKER—a Norse warrior frenzied in battle and considered invulnerable

BIFROST—the rainbow bridge leading from Asgard to Midgard

BOLVERK—an alias used by Odin

BRAGI—god of poetry

BRUNNMIGI—a being who urinates into wells

CAILLEACH—Gaelic for witch or hag

DRAUGR—Norse zombies

EID al-fitr—a holiday celebrated by Muslims to mark the end of Ramadan

EINHERJAR (EINHERJI, sing.)—great heroes who have died with bravery on Earth; soldiers in Odin’s eternal army; they train in Valhalla for Ragnarok, when the bravest of them will join Odin against Loki and the giants in the battle at the end of the world

EINVIGI—Norse for single combat

ELDHUSFIFL—Norse for village idiot

FARBAUTI—the jotun husband of Laufey and father of Loki

FENRIS WOLF—an invulnerable wolf born of Loki’s affair with a giantess; his mighty strength strikes fear even in the gods, who keep him tied to a rock on an island. He is destined to break free on the day of Ragnarok.

FLYTING—a verbal duel of insults, in which the contestants must display prestige, power, and confidence

FREY—the god of spring and summer; the sun, the rain, and the harvest; abundance and fertility; growth and vitality. Frey is the twin brother of Freya and, like his sister, is associated with great beauty. He is lord of Alfheim.

FREYA—the goddess of love; twin sister of Frey

FRIGG—goddess of marriage and motherhood; Odin’s wife and the queen of Asgard; mother of Balder and Hod

GARM—the guard dog of Hel

GINNUNGAGAP—the primordial void; a mist that obscures appearances

GJALLAR—Heimdall’s horn

GLAMOUR—illusion magic

GROVE OF GLASIR—trees in the realm of Asgard, outside the doors of Valhalla, with golden red leaves. Glasir means gleaming.

HALAL—meat prepared as required by Muslim law

HEIMDALL—god of vigilance and the guardian of Bifrost, the gateway to Asgard

HEL—goddess of the dishonorable dead; born of Loki’s affair with a giantess

HELHEIM—the underworld, ruled by Hel and inhabited by those who died in wickedness, old age, or illness

HRUNGNIR—brawler

HUGINN AND MUNINN—Odin’s ravens, whose names mean thought and memory, respectively

HULDER—a domesticated forest sprite

IDUN—a beautiful goddess of youth, who supplies the other gods and goddesses with apples of immortality

INSHALLAH—God willing

JORMUNGAND—the World Serpent, born of Loki’s affair with a giantess; his body is so long it wraps around the earth

JOTUN—giant

KENAZ—the torch, the fire of life

KONUNGSGURTHA—Norse for king’s court

KVASIR—a man created from the spit of the Aesir and Vanir gods, to represent the peace treaty between them after their war

KVASIR’s Mead—a drink that grants the gift of oration, created from a combination of Kvasir’s blood and honey

LAUFEY—the jotun wife of Farbauti and mother of Loki

LINDWORM—a fearsome dragon the size and length of an eighteen-wheeler, with just two front legs and leathery brown bat-type wings too small for effective flight

LOKI—god of mischief, magic, and artifice; the son of two giants, Farbauti and Laufey; adept with magic and shape-shifting. He is alternately malicious and heroic to the Asgardian gods and to humankind. Because of his role in the death of Balder, Loki was chained by Odin to three giant boulders with a poisonous serpent coiled over his head. The venom of the snake occasionally irritates Loki’s face, and his writhing can cause earthquakes.

MAGHRIB PRAYER—the fourth of five formal daily prayers performed by practicing Muslims, prayed just after sunset

MEINFRETR—stinkfart

MIKILLGULR—Norse for big yellow

MIMIR—an Aesir god who, along with Honir, traded places with Vanir gods Frey and Njord at the end of the war between the Aesir and the Vanir. When the Vanir didn’t like his counsel, they cut off his head and sent it to Odin. Odin placed the head in a magical well, where the water brought it back to life, and Mimir soaked up all the knowledge of the World Tree.

MINIé ball—a type of bullet used in muzzle-loading rifles during the Civil War

MJÖЗNorse for mead

MJOLNIR—Thor’s hammer

NAGLFAR—the Ship of Nails

NJORD—Vanir god of the sea, father of Frey and Freya

NØKK—a nixie, or water spirit

NORNS—three sisters who control the destinies of both gods and humans.

ODIN—the “All-Father” and king of the gods; the god of war and death, but also poetry and wisdom. By trading one eye for a drink from the Well of Wisdom, Odin gained unparalleled knowledge. He has the ability to observe all the Nine Worlds from his throne in Asgard; in addition to his great hall, he also resides in Valhalla with the bravest of those slain in battle.

OTHALA—inheritance

QURANIC—something relating or belonging to the Quran, the central religious text of Islam

RAGNAROK—the Day of Doom or Judgment, when the bravest of the einherjar will join Odin against Loki and the giants in the battle at the end of the world

RAMADAN—a time for spiritual purification achieved through fasting, self-sacrifice, and prayers, celebrated in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar

RAN—goddess of the sea; wife of Aegir

RED gold—the currency of Asgard and Valhalla

SIF—goddess of the earth; mother of Uller by her first husband; Thor is her second husband; the rowan is her sacred tree

SIGYN—Loki’s wife

SKADI—an ice giantess once married to Njord

SKALDS—poets who composed at the courts of leaders during the Viking Age

SLEIPNIR—Odin’s eight-legged steed; only Odin can summon him; one of Loki’s children

SUHUR—the pre-dawn meal eaten by practicing Muslims during Ramadan

SUMARBRANDER—the Sword of Summer

THANE—a lord of Valhalla

THOR—god of thunder; son of Odin. Thunderstorms are the earthly effects of Thor’s mighty chariot rides across the sky, and lightning is caused by hurling his great hammer, Mjolnir.

THRALL—a slave, servant, or captive

THRYM—king of the jotun

THRYMHEIMR—Thunder Home

TREE OF LAERADR—a tree in the center of the Feast Hall of the Slain in Valhalla containing immortal animals that have particular jobs

TVEIRVIGI—double combat

TYR—god of courage, law, and trial by combat; he lost a hand to Fenris’s bite when the Wolf was restrained by the gods

UTGARD-LOKI—the most powerful sorcerer of Jotunheim; king of the mountain giants

VALHALLA—paradise for warriors in the service of Odin

VALKYRIE—Odin’s handmaidens who choose slain heroes to bring to Valhalla

VANIR—gods of nature; close to elves


; VATNAVAETTIR (each-uisce in Ireland)—water horses

VIGRIDR—a plain that will be the site of the battle between the gods and Surt’s forces during Ragnarok

VILI AND VE—the two younger brothers of Odin, who, together with him, shared a role in the shaping of the cosmos and are the first of the Aesir. When Odin was abroad for a long time, Vili and Ve ruled in his stead, alongside Frigg.

WERGILD—blood debt

WYRD—fate

YMIR—the ancestor of all gods and jotun

AEGIR AY-gear

AESIR AY-ser

ALF SEIDR ALF SAY-der

ALFHEIM ALF-haym

ARGR ARR-ger

ASGARD AZ-gahrrd

BALDER BALL-der

BAUGI BAW-ghee

BIFROST BEE-frrohst

BLODUGHADDA BLODE-oug-hadda

BOLVERK BOLE-verrk

BRAGI BRRAG-ee

BYLGYA BOOL-ghooa

CAILLEACH KAL-ee-yucck

DAGAZ DAH-gahz

DRAUGR DRRAW-ger

DUFA DOO-vah

EHWAZ AY-wahz

EINHERJAR/EINHERJI in-HAIRR-yar/in-HAIRR-yee

EINVIGI AYN-vee-gee

ELDHUSFIFL EL-doos-feef-full

ELDIR el-DEER

FARBAUTI fahrr-BAW-tee

FEHU FAY-hoo

FENRIS FEHN-rrihss

FIMAFENG FEE-ma-vehng

FJALAR fee-YALL-ar

FLÄM FLAHM

FREY FRRAY

FREYA FRRAY-uh

FRIGG FRRIHG

GARM GAHRRM

GINNUNGAGAP GEEN-un-guh-gahp

GJALAR gee-YALL-ar

GJALLAR gee-YALL-ar

GLASIR gla-SEER

GUNLOD GOON-lode

HAGALAZ HA-ga-lahts

HEFRING HEV-rring

HEIMDALL HAME-doll

HEL HEHL

HELGI HEL-ghee

HELHEIM HEHL-haym

HIMMINGLAEVA HEEM-meen-glah-vah

HRÖNN HRRONE

HRYM HRRIM

HUGINN HOO-gihn

HULDER HOOL-dihr

HUNDING HOON-deeng

HRUNGNIR HRROONG-neer

HUSVAETTR HOOS-veht-tr

IDUN ee-DOON

ISA EES-ah

JORMUNGAND YOHRR-mun-gand

JORVIK YOHRR-vick

JOTUN YOH-toon

JOTUNHEIM YOH-tuhn-haym

KENAZ KEH-nahtz

KOLGA KOLE-gah

KONUNGSGURTHA KO-noongs-goorr-tha

KVASIR ki-VAH-seer

LAERADR LAY-rrah-dur

LAUFEY LAW-fay

LAGAZ lah-GAHTS

LINDWORM LIHND-wohrrm

LOKI LOH-kee

MEINFRETR MAYN-frih-ter

MIDGARD MIHD-gahrrd

MIKILLGULR MEE-keel-goo-ler

MIMIR MEE-meer

MJÖÐ mee-YOTH

MJOLNIR MEE’OHL-neer

MOKKERKALFE MOKE-kerr-kal-feh

MUNDR MOON-der

MUNINN MOON-in

MUSPELL MOO-spel

MUSPELLHEIM MOOS-pehl-haym

NAGLFAR NAHG’L-fahr

NIDAVELLIR Nee-duh-vehl-EER

NIDHOGG NEED-hawg

NIFLHEIM NIHF-uh-haym

NJORD nee-YORD

NØKK NAWK

NORNS NOHRRNZ

ODIN OH-dihn

OTHALA OH-thal-ah

RAGNAROK RAG-nuh-rrawk

RAN RAN

SAMIRAH AL-ABBAS sah-MEER-ah ahl-AH-bahss

SIF SEEV

SIGYN SEE-goon

SKADI SKAH-dee

SKALD SKAHLD

SLEIPNIR SLAYP-neer

SUMARBRANDER SOO-marr-brrand-der

SUTTUNG SOOT-toong

THIJASSI thee-YAH-see

THOR THORE

THRALL THRAWL

THRYM THRRIMM

THRYMHEIMR THRIM-haym-eer

THRYNGA THRRIN-gah

THURISAZ THOORR-ee-sahts

TIWAZ TEE-vahz

TVEIRVIGI tih-VAIR-vee-gee

TYR TEER

ULLER OO-lir

UNN OON

URNES OORR-nis

URUZ OOR-oots

UTGARD-LOKI OOT-gahrrd-LOH-kee

VALHALLA Val-HAHL-uh

VALKYRIE VAL-kerr-ee

VANAHEIM VAN-uh-haym

VANIR Vah-NEER

VATNAVAETTIR vat-na-VAHT-teer

VE VEH

VIDAR VEE-dar

VIGRIDR VEE-gree-der

VILI VEE-lee

WERGILD WIRR-gild

WIGHT WHITE

WYRD WOORD

YGGDRASIL IHG-drruh-sihl

YMIR EE-meer

THE NINE WORLDS

ASGARD—the home of the Aesir

VANAHEIM—the home of the Vanir

ALFHEIM—the home of the light elves

MIDGARD—the home of humans

JOTUNHEIM—the home of the giants

NIDAVELLIR—the home of the dwarves

NIFLHEIM—the world of ice, fog, and mist

MUSPELLHEIM—the home of the fire giants and demons

HELHEIM—the home of Hel and the dishonorable dead

RUNES (IN ORDER OF MENTION)

LAGAZ—water, liquefy

FEHU—the rune of Frey

OTHALA—inheritance

GEBO—gift

RAIDHO—traveling

KENAZ—the torch

ISA—ice

EHWAZ—horse, transportation

THURISAZ—the rune of Thor

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