Asgard
- the home of the Aesir and location of Valhalla and the palaces of the individual gods: connected with the earth by the rainbow bridge, Bifrost.
Origin of Asgard
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Contemporary Examples of asgard
From afar, the confab known as the World Economic Forum in Davos looked a little like Asgard, the mythical home of the Norse gods.
Historical Examples of asgard
Then the goats took the two sons of Woden back to their home in Asgard.
Classic MythsMary Catherine Judd
The other gods that lived in Asgard knew that Baldur was safe from all harm.
Classic MythsMary Catherine Judd
Well had it been said that Loki was at the bottom of all the misfortunes that ever befell in Asgard.
Told by the Northmen:E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton
Not for nothing does a Frost Giant stand within the walls of Asgard.
Told by the Northmen:E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton
And this is how the Apples of Youth were once very nearly lost to Asgard.
Told by the Northmen:E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton
Asgard
Asgarth (ˈæsɡɑːθ)
- Norse myth the dwelling place of the principal gods, the Aesir
Word Origin and History for asgard
Asgard
home of the gods in Norse religion, from Old Norse ass "god," from Proto-Germanic *ansu- (cf. Old High German ansi, Old English os, Gothic ans "god"), from PIE *ansu- "spirit" (cf. first element in Ahura Mazda, from Avestan) + Old Norse garðr "enclosure, yard, garden" (see yard (n.1)).