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Mithgarthr   Listen
noun
Mithgarthr, Midgarth, Midgard  n.  (Teut. Myth.) The middle space or region between heaven and hell, the abode of human beings; the earth.






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... of All-Father Odin, who crosses the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drink from the Well of Wisdom; of Thor, whose mighty hammer defends Asgard; of Loki, whose mischievous cunning leads him to treachery against the gods; of giants, dragons, ...
— The Children of Odin - The Book of Northern Myths • Padraic Colum

... or Wuotan of the Germans. He is represented with many of the attributes of the Greek god Zeus, and is supposed by some to be identical with him. He dwelt with the twelve AEsir, or gods, upon Asgard, the Norse Olympus, which arose out of Midgard, a land half-way between the regions of frost and fire (to wit, in a temperate climate). The Scandinavian Olympus was probably Atlantis. Odin is represented as a grave-looking elderly man with a long beard, carrying ...
— The Antediluvian World • Ignatius Donnelly



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