According to Norse belief, an immense, unseen tree called Yggdrasil stretched from the vault of heaven to the depth of hell.
A dragon named Nidhoggr gnawed perpetually at the roots, seeking to destroy the order of creation, but the order had a battalion of defenders.
Three godlike beings called Norns sat calmly near the dragon at the roots, spinning the threads of mortal fate.
Stags browsed at the tree and watered the earth with dew from their antlers.
A goat that chewed the tree's bark provided mead as milk for mortal heroes who would rid the world of the dragon race.
Of the birds that perched in Yggdrasil's branches, the greatest was the eagle - a steadfast dragon enemy that sang forever of creation and destruction.

Old Norse Words: börr -- tree fylkir -- Commander gumi -- man gunnr -- battle halr -- man hölðr -- man Vif -- woman rann -- house The Gepids were an East Germanic tribe closely related to the Goths. According to the Sixth Century Gothic historian Jordanes, they were originally a sub-tribe of the Gothic people. When the Goths crossed from Scandinavia under their ancient king Berig they arrived at the mouth of the Vistula in Poland in three ships. The third ship was the slowest, so the other Goths referred to the descendants of those on it as the "Gepanta" or 'sluggish ones'. This is, according to Jordanes, the origin of the name "Gepid". The Gepids certainly seem to have lived on the Vistula near the Goths in the First and Second Centuries AD. And like the Goths, they found their way down the rivers of central Europe and settled east of the River Tisza in Hungary. They raided the Roman Empire several times in the Third Century and fought a series of wars against the Ostrogoths, Visigoths and Burgundians. But in the 370s, along with the Ostrogoths and several other tribes of the region, they fell under the domination of the Huns. 0 Articles Sort by: Recently Published | Title | Featured

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