QUOTE(Archeia @ Mar 9 2009, 09:06 PM)

Well Einherjar means hero, lorelei is a siren and just look at the song lorelei, and skadi is well you know.
Einherjar are fallen heroic soldiers who were chosen by the Valkyries to join Odin's army, to eventually battle in Ragnarok.
Loreley/Lorelei is a rock bit further up the Rhine from here. There's a lot of dangerous rapids and whirlpools at its feet, which often caused boats to sink and people to drown in older times. Thus, a legend was born that on top if it, the siren Loreley resided, enthralling men with her beautiful singing so they'd crash and sink. Eventually the monk Saint Goar, a missionary from Aquitaine, banned her from the rock and she was never seen again.
Lastly, Skadi, the daughter of the giant Thiazi who was killed by the Æsir, went to Asgard to demand a husband (who she'd choose solely by looking at his feet) and to have someone make her laugh to make up for the murder of her father. Both wishes were granted, Loki made her laugh involving his testicles and a goat's beard, and as a husband she chose Njörðr's feet. However he liked living at the ocean whereas Skadi preferred the mountains, so they kept moving between their two locations every 9 days until they got bored of it and just parted, with everyone staying at their respective homes.
This post has been edited by P.P.A.: Mar 12 2009, 12:40 PM