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Norse Mythology References in Skyrim

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• In Promises to Keep, you can get a birth certificate that mentions Sleipnir, the grandfather of Frost — Sleipnir being Odin’s eight-legged horse (and Loki’s son.)
• One of the dragon priests is named Volsung after a hero in Norse Mythology. 
• Sigurd, the assistant at Belethor’s General Goods in Whiterun, is named after Volsung’s grandson, who slayed a dragon (Fafnir) with a legendary sword (Gram).
• Sigurd’s sword Gram was given to him after it was broken when his father died in battle and then repaired. The battleaxe Wuuthrad carried by Ysmir in Skyrim, which was broken and then fixed thanks to the player, alludes to this.
• In Tending the Flames, a quest for the Bards College in Solitude, the player must find a verse from the “poetic Edda”, which is a collection of Old Norse poems detailing the mythology.
• In the beginning of the game, the player is being transported to his execution alongside a Nord thief named Lokir, who was caught after stealing a horse. He runs away before he can be beheaded, and is then shot down by archers. This is a reference to Loki, the god of mischief, who is famous for his comedic run-in with a horse (and then gave birth to Sleipnir), for a tendency towards thievery, and for usually getting himself out of the frying pan and into the fire.
• Ragnarok in Norse myth is the end of both Midgard, the mortal realm, and Asgard, the immortal realm, and is largely to do with the coming of a giant snake. The coming of the dragon Alduin the World-Eater in Skyrim is a parallel to this — Alduin, if not stopped, would consume both Nirn, the mortal realm, and Sovngarde, the spirit realm. (Also note the name Sovngarde compared to Midgard and Asgard.)
• Clavicus Vile’s (who is basically a god of mischief) helmet is very similar to a helmet that Loki wears in certain adaptations.
• The word Nord is also an obvious reference in itself.
• Sovngarde is parallel to Asgard, as stated before. The Hall of Valor is synonymous to Valhalla (“hall of the slain”), the guardian Tsun to Heimdall, the evil dragon Alduin to Jormangandr, and the wandering souls in the fieldsoutside the Hall to the souls that go to Freya’s field Folkvangr. In both of these spiritual realms, the dead spend their days feasting, sharing glorious stories, and fighting battles for fun, and only get to the realm by dying in battle.
• There are many Norse heroes and characters whose names are used in Skyrim: Sigurd, Gunnar, Ragnar, Loki(r), Edda, Y(s)mir, Tor (or Thor), Hogni, Vali(e), Volsung, Hela, Faend(r)al, Volundr (the tomb Volunruud), Narfi, Heimdall, and Gerdur (there is also a Nord assassin named Fafnir in Oblivion).