Asgard
The benevolent, cloned race behind Norse myth, Earth's protectors against the Goa'uld.
The Asgard are a benevolent and highly advanced race in Stargate SG-1. In the show's mythology they gave rise to the Norse gods and to the grey aliens of Roswell, and the threat of their intervention protects many worlds, Earth among them, from Goa'uld attack.
Quick Facts
- Former homeworld
- Othala
- Inspired
- Norse gods, Roswell greys
- Main enemy
- Replicators
Facts from the source article.
Background
They can no longer reproduce and survive by moving their minds into new cloned bodies. They give Earth a great deal of technology and help, and in return ask SG-1 to fight their own worst enemy, the Replicators. Most of their characters are named after Norse gods, chief among them Thor. In the series finale, Unending, the whole race chooses to destroy itself because repeated cloning has worn out its bodies, after passing its knowledge to Earth; a small group survives in the Pegasus galaxy.
More in Factions & Organizations
Elsewhere in Stargate
Spotted an error? Know more?
Reader corrections go straight into our review queue. Suggest an edit · How this site is sourced