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Translation revised. No more hanging of any animals! PETA likes and approves. In Norse mythology, Hangatýr was one of many names for Odin, translated as the “Hanged God“, a reference to his ordeal upon the World Tree, and also translated as the “God of Hanged men“. The Hamingja was a kind of female guardian angel in Norse mythology. It was believed that she accompanied a person and decided their luck and happiness. Consequently, the name was also used to indicate happiness, and that is what it means in modern Icelandic. When a person died, the hamingja passed to a beloved family member and thus accompanied a family for several generations, continuing to influence their fortunes.
