| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Meile" | Norse | A son of Odin. Norse |
| God name "Midgard" | Norse | The mid-yard, middle-town, that is, the earth, is a mythological word common to all the ancient Teutonic languages. The Icelandic Edda alone has preserved the true mythical bearing of this old Teutonic word. The earth (Midgard), the abode of men, is situated in the middle of the universe, bordered by mountains and surrounded by the great sea; on the other side of this sea is the Utgard (out-yard), the abode of the giants; the Midgard is defended by the yard or burgh Asgard (the burgh of the gods) lying in the middle (the heaven being conceived as rising above the earth). Thus the earth and mankind are represented as a stronghold besieged by the powers of evil from without, defended by the gods from above and from within. Norse |
"Midgard-serpent" | Norse | The world-serpent hidden in the ocean, whose coils gird around the whole Midgard. Thor once fishes for him, and gets him on his hook. In Ragnarok Thor slays him, but falls himself poisoned by his breath. Norse |
"Mimameider" | Norse | A mythic tree; probably the same as Ygdrasil. It derives its name from Mimer, and means Mimer's tree. Norse |
"Mimir" | Norse | The name of the wise giant keeper of the holy well Mimis-brunnr, the burn of Mimer, the well of wisdom, at which Odin pawned his eye for wisdom; a myth which is explained as symbolical of the heavenly vault with its single eye, the Sun, setting in the sea. Norse |
| God name "Mistilleinn" | Norse | Mistletoe. The mistletoe or mistle-twig, the fatal twig by which Balder, the white Sun-god was slain. After the death of Balder, Ragnarok set in. Balder's death was also symbolical of the victory of darkness over light, which comes every year at midwinter.. The mistletoe in English households at Christmas time is no doubt a relic of a rite lost in the remotest heathendom, for the fight of light and darkness at midwinter was a foreshadowing of the final overthrow in Ragnarok. The legend and the word are common to all Teutonic peoples of all ages. Norse |
"Mjolner" | Norse | Thor's formidable hammer. After Ragnarok, it is possessed by his sons Mode and Magne. Norse |
| God name "Modi" | German / Norse | This son of Thor is a god that has yet to arrive |
"Modsogner" | Norse | The dwarf highest in degree or rank. Norse |
"Moin" | Norse | A serpent under Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Mokkerkalfe" | Norse | A dense cloud. A clay giant in the myth of Thor and Hrungner. Norse |
"Mundilfare" | Norse | One of the giant race, who had a son and daughter of such surpåśśing beauty that their father called them Mani and Sol: moon and Sun. Norse |
"Munin" | Norse | Memory. One of Odin's ravens. Norse |
"Muspel" | Norse | The name of an abode of fire. It is populated by a host of fiends, who are to appear at Ragnarok and destroy the world by fire. Norse |
"Muspellsheimr" | Norse | The abode of Muspel. This interesting word was not confined to the Norse mythology, but appears twice in the old Saxon poem Heliand. In these instances muspel stands for the day of judgment, the last day, and answers to Ragnarok of the Norse mythology. Norse |
"Naastrand" | Norse | Naastrand [The spéñïś of corpses]. A place of punishment for the wicked after Ragnarok. Norse |
"Naglfar [Nail-ship]" | Norse | A mythical ship made of nail-parings. It appears in Ragnarok. Norse |
"Nal or Naal" | Norse | [Needle]. Mother of Loke. Norse |
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