Legendary
FenrirLegendary · TroopGleipnir was made of what does not exist, and it held him until it did not.
FreyjaLegendary · TroopHalf the slain go to her hall at Folkvangr, and she chooses before Odin does.
Ironwood HagLegendary · TroopEast of Midgard, in the Iron Wood, the old one raises Fenrir's kin.
JormungandrLegendary · TroopOdin threw him into the sea, and he grew until he bit his own tail.
NidhoggLegendary · TroopAt the root of the ash he gnaws, and the squirrel carries his insults upward.
OdinLegendary · TroopNine nights he hung on the windy tree, wounded by a spear, given to himself.
SkadiLegendary · TroopShe came to Asgard armed, for her father, and chose a husband by his feet.
ThorLegendary · TroopThree draughts from the giant's horn, and the sea has had tides ever since.
Thor's GoatsLegendary · TroopEat them tonight, Thor said, but throw no bone on the hide. One boy did.
TyrLegendary · TroopOnly he would put a hand in the wolf's mouth as a pledge, knowing the price.
VáliLegendary · TroopOne night old, unwashed and uncombed, he did not rest until Baldr was avenged.
Epic
Barrow SeerEpic · TroopThe seeress sat on the high seat and saw further than the men who asked her.
Cairn HostEpic · TroopThey piled stones on the mound so the dead would stay. They did not always stay.
Dvergr DelverEpic · TroopMade in the earth like maggots in Ymir's flesh, then given wit and men's shape.
EinherjarEpic · TroopEvery day they fight in Odin's yard, and every evening they ride home whole to drink.
FimbulwinterEpic · SpellThree winters with no summer between them, and the wind age comes after.
GleipnirEpic · SpellA cat's footfall, a woman's beard, a mountain's roots, a fish's breath: a ribbon that holds.
GungnirEpic · SpellDwarves forged it, Loki carried it, and Odin threw it over the first host of all.
Jotun MarchEpic · TroopOut of the rime of the great gap came the first of them. They were never few.
Line HuntressEpic · TroopUllr of the yew-dales is called on before a duel. She has never needed him.
Stone HurlerEpic · TroopHrungnir's heart was stone, his head was stone, his shield was stone, and he threw stone.
Oathbound ThrowersEpic · TroopThey swore on the ring in the temple, and an oath on the ring is kept.
RunebreakerEpic · TroopA rune cut wrong had sickened the girl. Egill shaved it off and cut it right.
Wandering VolvaEpic · TroopStaff in hand, from farm to farm, and every farmer fed her well, out of fear.
Wild HuntEpic · SpellOn winter nights the host rides over the roofs, and the wise stay by the fire.
Withering HexEpic · SpellWhoever cuts a harm-rune had better know its meaning, or it turns on him.
Rare
Ash JotunnRare · TroopSurtr comes from the south with fire, and the ash is what he leaves behind.
Barrow GuardRare · TroopKarr the Old sat in his mound with his treasure and drove the neighbours away.
Grave MistRare · SpellMist-home lies north, where the cold rivers rise, and nothing warm lives there long.
Boulder VolleyRare · SpellThe giants threw stones at the church bells, and the stones still lie in the fields.
Call the LevyRare · TroopThe war-arrow goes from farm to farm, and every man who can carry a shield comes.
Draugr ArcherRare · TroopA draugr keeps what he knew in life, and his aim has had years to settle.
GatebreakersRare · TroopThor once slept in a giant's glove and took it for a hall. That is the scale.
Hall BurningRare · SpellNjall would not come out, so they burned the hall with him in it.
Hird ChampionRare · TroopOn the holm, a cloak five ells square, and whoever steps off it has fled.
Longbow SentryRare · TroopEinar's bow broke at Svolder. 'That was Norway, out of your hands, king.'
Oath DrummerRare · TroopThe lurs sounded over the fields of the North before any horn hung in a hall.
Rune TenderRare · TroopLeave the house spirit his porridge with butter on Yule night, or the cows will suffer.
Rime SeerRare · TroopIce and rime were the first things, before the gods, and they have not forgotten it.
Rune WellspringRare · SpellOdin paid an eye to drink at Mimir's well, and thought it a fair price.
SurtlingRare · TroopSurtr's sparks fly ahead of him from Muspell, where it was hot before anything was.
Surtr's FlameRare · SpellFrom the south comes Surtr with the bane of branches; the sun shines from his sword.
ThunderstrikeRare · SpellWhere lightning struck, farmers found thunderstones in the furrow and kept them under the roof.
ValkyrieRare · TroopChoosers of the slain: they ride over the field and decide who goes home.
War WardRare · SpellThe High One knows a charm that blunts the enemy's blades before the fight.
Wolf AgeRare · TroopBrother will fight brother: an axe age, a sword age, a wind age, a wolf age.
Yew ArcherRare · TroopThe good bows were yew, cut in winter from the shaded side of the tree.
Common
Axe RaiderCommon · TroopEgill was seven the first time he used an axe in anger. The saga remembers it.
Beacon WatchCommon · TroopOne beacon lit on the headland, and the next hill answers, and the next.
Wolf PackCommon · TroopGeri and Freki eat from Odin's table; he himself lives on wine alone.
Restless DeadCommon · TroopHel keeps those who die of sickness and age. Some of them come back anyway.
ShieldguardCommon · TroopStep not one pace from your weapons, says the High One. He never has.
Frost HoundCommon · TroopGarm howls before the cave mouth, and the hounds of the cold have always run ahead.
Grave HoundCommon · TroopGarm, greatest of hounds, bays at the cave until the fetter breaks.
Hearth WardCommon · SpellThe settlers carried fire around their land to claim it, then kept it on the hearth.
Hill JotunnCommon · TroopTrolls turn to stone at sunrise, and some of the hills were never anything else.
Idunn's GiftCommon · SpellIdunn keeps the apples in her ash-wood box. Without them the gods go grey.
Mound WardCommon · SpellA mound was ringed with standing stones so that what lay in it kept its place.
Raven FlockCommon · SpellHuginn and Muninn fly the whole world each day, and Odin fears more for Muninn.
Rime WindCommon · SpellFrom the north, out of Mist-home, blew the rime that filled the gap before time.
Rune SparkCommon · SpellThe High One knows a charm that puts out a fire. He knows the other one too.
SlingersCommon · TroopFarmers' sons went to the levy with what they had, and a sling costs nothing.
SpearbandCommon · TroopThe spear is Odin's weapon. He marked himself with one, and his men did the same.
ThawCommon · SpellAfter the great winter the earth rises green from the sea again, and the eagle fishes.
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