Alfheim:
World on the first (top) ring where light-elves live
Angerboda:
Loki’s giantess wife whose name means “distress-bringer” (angry Asgard Academy student and girlgiant)
Asgard:
World on the first (top) ring where Aesir goddesses and gods live
Balder:
Beloved Aesir god of peace and light whose skin glows (popular Asgard Academy student and boygod)
Bifrost Bridge:
Red, blue, and green rainbow bridge built by the Aesir from fire, air, and water
Breidablik Hall:
Hall of the Norse god Balder (boys’ dorm at Asgard Academy)
Brising:
Freya’s necklace, shortened from Brísingamen (Freya’s magic jewel)
Darkalfheim:
World on the second (middle) ring where dwarfs live
Dwarfs:
Short blacksmiths in Darkalfheim (some young dwarfs attend Asgard Academy)
Fire giants:
Terrifying giants that live in Muspelheim
Frey:
Vanir god of agriculture and fertility whose name is sometimes spelled Freyr, brother of Freya (Freya’s twin brother and Asgard Academy student and boygod)
Freya:
Vanir goddess of love and fertility (Vanir girlgoddess of love and beauty who is an Asgard Academy student)
Frigg:
Goddess of marriage, who is Odin’s wife (coprincipal of Asgard Academy with Odin)
Frost giants:
Descendants of Ymir from Jotunheim
Gladsheim Hall:
Sanctuary where twelve Norse gods hold meetings (Asgard Academy’s assembly hall)
Gullveig:
Vanir sorceress (Freya and Frey’s nanny and library assistant at the Heartwood Library)
Sleeveless apronlike dress, with shoulder straps that are fastened in front by clasps, that is worn over a long-sleeved linen shift
Heimdall:
Watchman of the gods (security guard at Asgard Academy)
Helheim:
World on the third (bottom) ring inhabited by the some of the dead and ruled by a female monster named Hel
Hugin:
One of Odin’s two ravens whose name means “thought”
Idun:
Aesir goddess who is the keeper of the golden apples of youth (Asgard Academy student and girlgoddess)
Jotun:
Norse word for “giant”
Jotunheim:
World on the second (middle) ring where frost giants live
Light-elves:
Happy Asgard Academy students from Alfheim
Loki:
Troublemaking, shape-shifting god of fire (Asgard Academy student and boygod)
Midgard:
World on the second (middle) ring where humans live
Mimir:
Wise Aesir god who was beheaded and revived by Odin (“head” librarian at Asgard Academy)
Mjollnir:
Mighty hammer made for Thor
Munin:
One of Odin’s two ravens whose name means “memory”
Muspelheim:
World on the third (bottom) ring where fire giants live
Nidhogg:
Dragon that lives in Niflheim and gnaws at the root of the World Tree
Niflheim:
World on the third (bottom) ring where the good dead are sent
Vanir god of the sea sent to Asgard after the Aesir-Vanir war (Asgard Academy student and boygod from Vanaheim)
Norse:
Related to the ancient people of Scandinavia, a region in Northern Europe that includes Denmark, Norway, and Sweden and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands
Odin:
Powerful Norse god of war, wisdom, and poetry who watches over all nine worlds (coprincipal of Asgard Academy with his wife, Ms. Frigg)
Ragnarok:
Prophesied doomsday when goddesses and gods will fight a fiery battle against evil that could destroy all nine Norse worlds
Ratatosk:
Squirrel that runs up and down Yggdrasil spreading gossip and insults
Sif:
Golden-haired goddess of the harvest (Asgard Academy student and girlgoddess)
Skade:
Goddess of skiing, sometimes spelled Skadi (Asgard Academy student and half-giant girl)
Skidbladnir:
Magical ship made as a gift for Frey
Skrymir:
A frost giant in Jotunheim who can create magical illusions and likes to annoy the Norse gods
Snorri Sturluson:
Author of a famous book about Norse History called the Prose Edda (Norse History teacher at Asgard Academy)
Surt:
A warrior fire giant from Muspelheim who wields a fiery sword and will one day lead the battle of Ragnarok against the Norse gods
Thor:
Superstrong Norse god of thunder and storms (Asgard Academy student and boygod)
Ull:
Norse god associated with archery and snow skiing (Asgard Academy student and boygod)
Valhalla:
Huge room in Asgard where dead warriors feast and fight (Valhallateria is Asgard Academy’s cafeteria)
Valkyries:
Warrior maidens in winged helmets who choose which warriors will die in battle and then bring them to Valhalla (cafeteria ladies and workers in Asgard Academy’s Valhallateria)
Vanaheim:
World on the first (top) ring where Vanir goddesses and gods live
Norse goddesses and gods who live in Vanaheim
Vingolf Hall:
Goddesses’ meeting hall at Asgard (girls’ dorm at Asgard Academy)
Yggdrasil:
Enormous ash tree that links all nine ancient Norse worlds, also called the World Tree (location of Asgard Academy)
Ymir:
Very first frost giant whose body parts were used to create the Norse cosmos, including mountains, the sea, and the heavens
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