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Posted by: jack0fhearts
Posted by: RKOSNAKE
The generally accepted meaning of Old Norse Yggdrasill is "Odin's horse", so it goes on with the Norse terminology used in the Haloverse.
No sir. Yggdrasil is the Great World Tree, from which Odin hung for nine days. Odin's eight-legged horse is named Sleipnir.
On Norse lore, Hrunting is a sword that Beowulf used against Grendel's mother. Halo-wise, Loki is an AI on Harvest, and is the Norse God of fire and mischief. Sif was also an AI on Harvest, and was the wife of Thor. Adding to this, Loki - in Nordic lore - would often flirt with and try to seduce Sif, as happens in the Halo-lore as well.
Then there are two seas in Harvest, Hugin and Munin. These are Odin's ravens.
Fenris Warheads - Fenris was a son of Loki, the Great Wolf that would slay Odin come Ragnarok.
The Jotuns are machines on Harvest, in Norse lore they were the Giants.
Utgard is the capital of Harvest, and is the stronghold of the Giants in Nordic lore.
Valhalla - a Map on Halo 3, a dining hall for the fallen soldiers in Asgard.
The Index that John-117 retrieves is shaped almost exactly like Mjolnir, Thor's hammer.
On the Spartan Laser (Project: GUNGNIR,) there is even the Nordic symbol for Gungnir.
Sorry, I just searched for the word and that's what came up :|