I've been reading up on Germanic mythology last couple of years. We were thought these people -our ancestors no less- were mindless brutes but I know now this couldn't have been farther from the truth.

One thing though: the Asgardians were so stupid and weakhearted to keep the dangerous wolf Fenriz in their home with dire consequences in the end of days- it occurred that the germanic people still have that flaw of being too kind and welcoming to their greatest foes O.o