You can’t have Earth (Midgard) below…
…and not have a heaven above! That is heaven of Norse mythology, Asgard. And no heavenly city would be complete with loads of silver and gold, right? Odin had en eye for precious metals and facts and figures. (click to tweet)
Here’s Odin’s Asgard by the numbers:
1 Odin made one great feast hall — Valhalla — with a roof made of golden shields.
2 Ravens, Huginn (Thought) and Muninn (Memory) fly over the 9 worlds catching whatever Odin missed
2 Wolves assist Odin, flanking him on his throne, Geri and Freki (greedy and ravenous)
8 Legs can be found on Sleipnir, Odin’s fast horse
8 Odin’s gold ring magically dripped 8 matching rings every 9th night (for you J.R.R. Tolkein fans)
9 Next door to Valhalla’s feast hall sits Odin’s silver-roofed palace where he watches over the 9 worlds
24 more gods live in Asgard, part of the Aesir (pronounced ICE-ear) gods and goddesses made up of 12 men, 12 women
540 That’s how many doors get you inside Valhalla
1 Odin gave up an eye for a drink of wisdom (click to tweet)
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