Asgard in popular culture

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Depictions of and references to Asgard exist in modern popular culture.

]==Depictions in modern popular culture==

Contents 1 Literature 2 Television 3 Music 4 Games 5 See also

[edit] Literature

• Asgard is the name of a fictional wonder-city, a city constructed not only to be lived in but also to be marvelled at, in Jack London's Dystopian Novel, The Iron Heel. It was said to have been completed in the year 1984.

[edit] Television

• A race of beings known as the Asgard are heavily referred to in the popular Stargate television series. Here they are depicted as an ancient Alien race that visit Earth, they are referred to in one episode as the Roswell Greys as they resemble the descriptions UFO abductees often give.

[edit] Music

• The band Nightwish released a song titled 'Asgard', which describes the great hall awaiting Ragnarok.

[edit] Games

• Asgard is the name of a free multiplayer modification for the game Freelancer (computer game).

[edit] See also

• Asgard (disambiguation)
• Norse mythology in popular culture

In the video game Riveira for the Game Boy Advance Asgard is also the realm of the Gods,and angels