Norse
Hammer of the Gods: Norse Mythology
With its bounty of brawny, barrel-chested gods and buxom goddesses, the ancient Norse religion of the Scandinavian and Germanic countries is truly the creation myth for fans of both pro wrestling and heavy metal music. According to Norse lore, before there was Earth (Midgard), there was Muspell, a fiery land guarded by the fire sword-wielding Surt; Ginnungagap, a great void, and Niflheim, a frozen ice-covered land. When the cold of Niflheim touched the fires of Muspell, the giant Ymir and a behemothic cow, Auïhumla, emerged from the thaw. Then, the cow licked the god Bor and his wife into being. The couple gave birth to Buri, who fathered three sons, Odin, Vili, and Vï. The sons rose up and killed Ymir and from his corpse created from his flesh, the Earth; the mountains from his bones, trees with his hair and rivers, and the seas and lakes with his blood. Within Ymir's hollowed-out skull, the gods created the starry heavens. What can we say: Pure metal magic!!
(creation story found at http://www.livescience.com/11316-top-10-intelligent-designs-creation-myths.html)
Ymir
There was nothing in the beginning but seemingly almost endless chasm called the Ginnungagap. Ginnungagap was a void like the Greek Chaos. Ginnungagap was bordered by Niflheim, which is the place of darkness and ice, far to the north; and Muspelheim, a place of fire, far to the south. Out of this chaos the first being came into existence from the drop of water when ice from Niflheim and fire from Muspelheim met.
This first being was Ymir, a primeval giant. The frost-giants called him Aurgelmir, but everyone else called him Ymir. Ymir became father of a race of frost-giants.
Ymir was the father of six-headed son that was nourished by a cosmic cow called Audumla. Audumla fed herself by licking the salty rime-stone, until that stone was licked into a shape of man. This stone-man was named Buri and he was the first primeval god. Buri was the father of Bor.
Bor married the giantess Bestla, the daughter of the frost-giant Boltha. And they became the parents of the first Aesir gods Odin, Vili (Hoenir) and Ve.
Ymir grew so large and so evil that the three gods killed Ymir. The blood that flowed from Ymir's wound was so great that almost all the frost giants drowned in the torrent. Only the frost giants Bergelmer and his wife escape the flood in a chest, arriving on the mountain of Jötunheim (Jotunheim), which became the home of the giants.
(this story was found at http://www.timelessmyths.com/norse/beginning.html)
Norse is a Germanic religion. The date is unknown for when it was founded, but it was founded again in the 1970's.
Place: Germany
Capital: Berlin
Government Type: Democracy
Currency: Euro
Crops:
-potatoes
-carrots
-onions
-cabbage
-red beets
-pome fruit
-legumes
-grains
-tomatoes
-pears
-zucchini
-apples
(They trade these crops in order to get resources they don't have in Germany.)
Written Language: German(people also speak Dutch & English there)
Math System:
Numbers 0-10 in Germany:
0 null 6 sechs
1 eins 7 sieben
2 zwei 8 acht
3 drei 9 neun
4 vier 10 zehn
5 fünf
1. People start college after high school at the age of 19 or so.
2.Traditionally, there were no tuition fees for Universities. Now that is starting to change.
3.Many German universities don't have a single adviser for their classes.
4.Teachers at Universities teacher while speaking German.
**Most Universities have advanced Geometry class and Linear Algebra.
With its bounty of brawny, barrel-chested gods and buxom goddesses, the ancient Norse religion of the Scandinavian and Germanic countries is truly the creation myth for fans of both pro wrestling and heavy metal music. According to Norse lore, before there was Earth (Midgard), there was Muspell, a fiery land guarded by the fire sword-wielding Surt; Ginnungagap, a great void, and Niflheim, a frozen ice-covered land. When the cold of Niflheim touched the fires of Muspell, the giant Ymir and a behemothic cow, Auïhumla, emerged from the thaw. Then, the cow licked the god Bor and his wife into being. The couple gave birth to Buri, who fathered three sons, Odin, Vili, and Vï. The sons rose up and killed Ymir and from his corpse created from his flesh, the Earth; the mountains from his bones, trees with his hair and rivers, and the seas and lakes with his blood. Within Ymir's hollowed-out skull, the gods created the starry heavens. What can we say: Pure metal magic!!
(creation story found at http://www.livescience.com/11316-top-10-intelligent-designs-creation-myths.html)
Ymir
There was nothing in the beginning but seemingly almost endless chasm called the Ginnungagap. Ginnungagap was a void like the Greek Chaos. Ginnungagap was bordered by Niflheim, which is the place of darkness and ice, far to the north; and Muspelheim, a place of fire, far to the south. Out of this chaos the first being came into existence from the drop of water when ice from Niflheim and fire from Muspelheim met.
This first being was Ymir, a primeval giant. The frost-giants called him Aurgelmir, but everyone else called him Ymir. Ymir became father of a race of frost-giants.
Ymir was the father of six-headed son that was nourished by a cosmic cow called Audumla. Audumla fed herself by licking the salty rime-stone, until that stone was licked into a shape of man. This stone-man was named Buri and he was the first primeval god. Buri was the father of Bor.
Bor married the giantess Bestla, the daughter of the frost-giant Boltha. And they became the parents of the first Aesir gods Odin, Vili (Hoenir) and Ve.
Ymir grew so large and so evil that the three gods killed Ymir. The blood that flowed from Ymir's wound was so great that almost all the frost giants drowned in the torrent. Only the frost giants Bergelmer and his wife escape the flood in a chest, arriving on the mountain of Jötunheim (Jotunheim), which became the home of the giants.
(this story was found at http://www.timelessmyths.com/norse/beginning.html)
Norse is a Germanic religion. The date is unknown for when it was founded, but it was founded again in the 1970's.
Place: Germany
Capital: Berlin
Government Type: Democracy
Currency: Euro
Crops:
-potatoes
-carrots
-onions
-cabbage
-red beets
-pome fruit
-legumes
-grains
-tomatoes
-pears
-zucchini
-apples
(They trade these crops in order to get resources they don't have in Germany.)
Written Language: German(people also speak Dutch & English there)
Math System:
Numbers 0-10 in Germany:
0 null 6 sechs
1 eins 7 sieben
2 zwei 8 acht
3 drei 9 neun
4 vier 10 zehn
5 fünf
1. People start college after high school at the age of 19 or so.
2.Traditionally, there were no tuition fees for Universities. Now that is starting to change.
3.Many German universities don't have a single adviser for their classes.
4.Teachers at Universities teacher while speaking German.
**Most Universities have advanced Geometry class and Linear Algebra.