Nordic Mythology initial ideas:
People around the world have been fascinated and inspired by Norse Mythology for centuries.
Norse mythology is a set of beliefs and stories shared by Northern Germanic tribes. It was not handed down from the gods to the mortal. It had no scripture. The mythology was passed on from one generation to the next in the form of poetry. It continued to be passed down this way through the time of the Vikings. The original beliefs were long lost. Our knowledge about it is mainly based on the Eddas and other medieval texts. These were written down during and after they turned to Christianity.
In the late 20th century, references to Norse Mythology became common in science fiction and fantasy literature, role-playing games, and eventually other cultural products such as Japanese animation.
The Norse gods and goddesses was loved by the Vikings, mainly from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faroe Island, and Greenland, These involved:
- Thor- god of thunder, wielder of the powerful hammer Mjölnir.
- Odin- Chief of the gods, creator of the world
- Loki- the trickster god
- Freya- goddess of love
- Hel- Ruler of the underworld
- Heimdall- The Guardian of Asgard (Heaven)
A Plot for this could be that The Aesir (gods) come down from Asgard (Heaven) to wreak havoc and try and reshape the world. It would be set in modern day, when the modern culture have completely forgotten about the old gods and have grown lazy and uncaring. Much similar to the Christian Bibles story of Noah’s Ark. It would involve plenty of the god’s destruction among the humans trying to survive their wrath, and would follow a certain group of survivors in their attempts to live. Slowly before the world is destroyed the gods start to realise how dependant they are on the humans and revoke their destruction. It would include of well-known Nordic Locations such as, Asgard, Bifrost (the bridge between heaven and earth), Ragnarokk (hell) mythgard (earth) to show people an idea more on Norse mythology.
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