Norse Myths & Elements

The Norse people were the ancient tribal communities of Scandinavia, who in the modern day are often referred to or thought of as the Vikings (who were actually a subset of them). Like many other ancient communities, they had their own ideas about how the earth and the universe were created. The Sources of the Norse Creation Myth Our understanding of the Norse creation myth comes from a small number of sources. The most useful of these were created in the medieval period, and therefore do not come from the time when Scandinavian people were telling these myths. Thus, they must be taken with a pinch of salt. This is for a number of reasons. Later authors could have easily