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The primordial void. actual date 13.8 billion years ago -
The first giant Ymir is slain by Odin, Vili, and Vé, forming the world from his body. actual date 4000000000 years ago -
Ask and Embla are created from tree trunks actual date 2.8 million years ago
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A major war between the two groups of gods, leading to a truce. no actual date as it is a mythological event
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The gods chain the monstrous wolf, Fenrir. no actual date as it is a mythological event -
Loki deceives Hodr the blind son of Odin into killing his brother Balder, leading to Loki’s imprisonment. no actual date as it is a mythological event.
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A great winter heralds the end. No actual date as it a mythological event
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Gods and monsters fight to the death. no actual date as it is a mythological event.
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A new world emerges, with surviving gods and humans rebuilding life. Then all will be repeated as the Norse mythology timeline is circular rather than linear. No actual date as it is a mythological event
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Tacitus's Germania, written around 98 AD, provides an early account of the religious practices of Germanic tribes. Though primarily focused on their customs, social structures, and warfare, Tacitus also describes aspects of their spiritual beliefs. His work highlights their worship of deities, sacred groves, and divination practices. However, Germania does not extensively cover Scandinavia, as Tacitus’s focus was on the tribes of central and western Europe
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The Viking age begun with the raid on the Lindisfarne monastery in 793 AD -