Norse Mythology Word Search

Words in the Norse Mythology word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

thor

Thunder god who carries a hammer and rides a goat cart.

odin

Chief Norse god, one eyed, linked with wisdom and war.

loki

Trickster figure who causes trouble for gods and giants alike.

freya

Goddess of love and gold, riding a chariot pulled by cats.

runes

Angular letters carved by Norse and other early Germanic peoples.

raven

Odin kept two of these birds that gathered news for him.

asgard

Home of the Norse gods, reached across a burning bridge.

valhalla

Odin's great hall where slain warriors feast until Ragnarok.

midgard

Norse name for the middle world, where people live.

frost giant

Jotun of ice and cold, often at odds with the gods.

mjolnir

Thor's short handled hammer, said always to return to him.

valkyrie

Female figure who chooses which fallen warriors enter Valhalla.

fenrir

Huge wolf bound by the gods until Ragnarok breaks his chain.

bifrost

Rainbow bridge joining Asgard to the world of people.

ragnarok

Foretold last battle in which many of the gods die.

yggdrasil

Vast ash tree whose branches hold the nine worlds.

sleipnir

Odin's grey horse with eight legs, swiftest of all.

heimdall

Watchman god who guards Bifrost and hears grass growing.

jotunheim

Rocky land of the giants, outside the world of people.

niflheim

Cold misty realm of the dead in Norse poems.

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