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* [[Eyepatch of Power]] / [[Blind Seer]]: Odin gave up one of his eyes in exchange for wisdom. He throws the eye in the the well of wisdom (Mímir's well) and it gives him the ability tnto see everything that takes place.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: While at the start of the ''Prose Edda'', Loki is a [[Loveable Rogue]] / [[Lovable Traitor]], by Ragnarök he is essentially the leader of the forces of darkness.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: In one Eddic Creation myth of the classes of society, all the [[Made a Slave|Thralls]] have names that are some variation on "ugly", all the [[Determined Homesteader|Freemen]] have names that are some variation on "sturdy", and all the [[Blue Blood|Nobles]] have names thhat are some variation on, "handsome" or "honourable".▼
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Elves, dwarves, giants, gods, dragons - it's got all of them. It's no surprise that the majority of Western fantasy incorporates at least one element from Norse mythology.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: The gods can't kill Loki for what he did to Baldur on account of Odin having adopted him. Thus, they instead bind him in chains made from the entrails of his son, whom they murdered, and allow a snake to drip venom on his face for eternity. Loki's loyal wife Sigyn collects the venom in a bowl most of the time but she eventually has to empty it, allowing the venom to drip and causing him excruciating pain. His thrashing around caused earthquakes.
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* [[Summon to Hand]]: The Mjollnir does this sometimes.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Baldur. Seriously, you've got a prophesy of death in a world where [[You Can't Fight Fate]]. Something would kill him, ''no matter what anybody did.''
▲* [[Theme Naming]] (verging on [[Fantastic Racism]] in action): In one Eddic Creation myth of the classes of society, all the [[Made a Slave|Thralls]] have names that are some variation on "ugly", all the [[Determined Homesteader|Freemen]] have names that are some variation on "sturdy", and all the [[Blue Blood|Nobles]] have names thhat are some variation on, "handsome" or "honourable".
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Arguably the Norse gods. Prior to the Ragnarök they pretty much went around making enemies, mainly by imprisoning monsters and torturing them. Seen in this light, [[Big Badass Wolf|Fenrir]] had all the right in the world to eat Odin.
** [[Protagonist-Centered Morality|Protagonist centered morality]] excused him.
** This is more of a modern perspective. In the Norse times monsters like Fenrir were chaotic beasts that were threats to the order of the universe. They were fated to be evil and HAD to be locked up for the good of the universe.
*** More of a chicken and the egg sort of thing. Fenrir was imprisoned because the gods ''foresaw'' that he would cause them trouble rather than because he actually was being a problem.
* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]: Baldur. The only Norse ''god'' who never did anything morally ambiguous (the goddesses were all more or less decent people)
* [[Tragic Bromance]]: Two minor figures from the legendary [[The Icelandic Sagas|Norse sagas]], Örvar-Oddr and Hjalmar.
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* [[Trickster Mentor]], Odin, occasionally.
* [[Trope Maker]]: Most of the standard "dragons and dragonslayers" tropes originally derive from either the ''[[The Saga of the Volsungs|Volsunga Saga]]'' or ''[[Beowulf]]''.
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