This article is about the realm of Norse Mythology. For other uses of the names 'Asgard, Asgaard and Asgård, see Asgard . In Norse religion and Norse mythology, Asgard' (Old Norse: Ásgarðr) is the country or capital city of the Æsir. In the most ancient view, the Æsir were the gods. Etymologically, Asgard means the yard or enclosure of the spiritsSee under [LINK: http://www.bartleby.com/61/70/A0457000.html] Asgard in the American Heritage Dictionary online and also under Aesir in Wikipedia. and is not an earthly place. In the works of Snorri Sturluson, the major source, the Æsir are the proto-Germanic people and Asgard is their homeland. Asgard and the Æsir are entirely Scandinavian. The individual gods, however, are well attested in the most ancient literature about Germanics;For example, the Germania of Tacitus. moreover, th

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