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Viking Sagas - The story settings

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Asgard - shining city of the gods
Asgard is built by Odin as a home for the gods.
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Midgard - created by Odin to be a pleasant home for the first humans
Loki says: 'Isn't it a bit too good for skinny, hairy things like them?'
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Midgard - created by Odin to be a pleasant home for the first humans
Another view of Midgard, which is a very different place to Asgard and Jotunheim.
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Midgard - the goblins' cave
Underground live the goblins: smelly, greasy creatures, but they do make great jewellery.
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Jotunheim - a frozen land created by Odin to be a home for his enemies the giants
Loki doesn't like the look of Jotunheim. He says: 'I'm not going there for my holidays!'
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The Viking world view
Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim and Helheim all held together by Yggdrasil the world ash tree.