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Njord: The Tumultuous Marriage of a Norse God of the Sea and a Goddess Giantess
Njord was the god Norse sailors and fisherman turned to in times of need. He was a sea god with powers over the wind and the fertility of land along the coast. But what this deity is best remembered for is the strange nature of his marriage to a giantess.
dhwty - 19/02/2018 - 23:02
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Is This The Oldest Chess Piece In The World?
Archaeologists digging in Jordan may have found the oldest chess piece in the world.
ashley cowie - 28/11/2019 - 18:36
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Baldr: The Shining God Who Shines No More
Known among the pre-Christian Scandinavians, and the gods themselves, as the "Shining God", Baldr was the image of perfection in the Norse religion, and the pride and joy of the Æsir (members of the principal pantheon of deities). The second son of Odin and his wife Frigg, Baldr was beloved and adored by his fellow gods—in the minds of the Æsir, he could do no wrong and no wrong could be done to him. He was the husband of Nanna and the father of Forseti, and dwelt with them in his hall of Breidablik, located in the Norse equivalen
Riley Winters - 13/12/2014 - 12:27
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Bronze Swords of Hafrsfjord Tell a Legendary Tale of a Powerful King and a Great Battle
... of men. Then King Kjotve fled to a little isle outside [Iceland], on which there was a good place of strength. ... many Scandinavian countries including Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland. The unifying nature of this shared mythos should not ... Harold [Haraldskvæthi Or Hrafnsmól]." Legends and Sagas: Iceland. Sacred Texts, n.d. Web. 24 July 2016. ...
Kerry Sullivan - 29/07/2016 - 21:45
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The Bodiless God of Wisdom: Mimir in Norse Mythology
The god who transcends even Odin’s power, Mimir (or sometimes called Mim) is remembered throughout Norse mythology as the oracular head from which the two races of gods, the Aesir and Vanir, seek knowledge. Most significantly, Odin’s visit to Mimir to gain the power of the runes is the story most frequently highlighted by philologists and historians.
Riley Winters - 11/08/2020 - 12:49
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Song of the Nibelungs: The Epic Germanic Tale of Love, Death, and Revenge
... news reaches the Burgundian court that Brunhild, queen of Iceland , will marry a man of pure strength and force equal ... overshadowed by Hagen's. In fact, the queen of Worms and Iceland seemingly disappears from the text altogether as ...
Riley Winters - 08/04/2020 - 20:19
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The Northern Mysteries Current: Futhark and Mystery Schools of the Viking Age
The existence of mystery schools in the Viking Age (800-1200 CE) is deduced from myth and folklore. The poems of the Edda display the structure and content of cultic texts used within the framework of initiatic organizations. Later, in Medieval Europe, we hear about secret societies associated with the Wild Hunt, Odin, and the Einherjar. Their mysteries centered around the runes, which were already deployed magically in Ancient Germanic times (400-800 CE).
Vincent Ongkowidjojo - 09/12/2020 - 19:42
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Thawing Ice Reveals Norwegian Mountains Littered with Iron and Bronze Age Artifacts
... Greenland, Newfoundland, and present-day Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, England, Ireland, the ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 24/01/2018 - 23:00
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With Portals to the Dead, Viking Homes Were Stranger Than Fiction
... period of European history. Top image: Viking House in Iceland Source: @elvisliivamagi / Adobe Stock ...
ancient-origins - 02/09/2019 - 18:26
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The Nine Worlds of Norse Mythology
Modern heathenism has been fascinated by the concept of the Nine Worlds of Norse mythology and readily provides the names of these worlds and their meanings. Academics are equally guilty. Whereas this is a good practice from a psycho-analytical point of view, we should remember that this has little to do with what our ancestors understood by the concept.
Vincent Ongkowidjojo - 08/10/2016 - 01:50
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Exploring the True Origins of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the most famous fairy tales in the world, first related in 1812 when the Grimm brothers published their collection of tales that had been gathered from old European folk stories.
Joanna Gillan - 02/06/2020 - 21:23
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The Magical Sampo: Object of Power and Riches in Finnish Folklore
The Kalevala, a poem based on Finnish folklore and mythology, is regarded as the national epic of Finland. As such, the 28 of February has been set aside in Finland as a day to commemorate this piece of national literature and Finnish culture. The Kalevala was compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and contains 50 poems or songs (known also as cantos or runes) which are about legendary heroes, gods and goddesses and mythical events.
dhwty - 11/04/2015 - 03:48
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A Real Wiseguy! Witty Sage and Ancient Comedian Nasreddin Hodja Has the Last Laugh
... Tale of Thorstein Shiver: Hell Confirmed for Pagans during Iceland Saga Age Physician unravels cause of deformities of ...
MartiniF - 17/02/2017 - 16:24
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Neolithic Stone Balls: The Northern Rosetta Stone?
... Viking Sun Stones Many think that the Feldspar crystals of Iceland made the original Viking Sun Stone, but Iceland was not discovered for millennia after the stone ...
ancient origins - 23/04/2023 - 14:54
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The Slain Will Rise Again: Lost Valkyries Remembered
... Tale of Thorstein Shiver: Hell Confirmed for Pagans during Iceland Saga Age Beware the Wandering Wilas The norns of ...
Riley Winters - 30/03/2017 - 19:03
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Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon
The worldwide stories of faerie changelings come under a group of motifs recorded in the Aarne-Thompson folklore index as F321: ‘Faerie steals child from cradle and leaves faerie substitute.’ The basic premise of these motifs is that the faeries, through supernatural means, are capable of abducting babies from humans, whilst replacing them with one of their own, usually a wizened old faerie who would proceed to eat and drink voraciously, and maintain a surly silence.
nrushton - 27/12/2016 - 01:59
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The Magical, Mythical Elves and Dwarves of Norse Legend
Today if one thinks of either elves or dwarves, the first thing to come to mind is likely to be the works of J.R.R Tolkien. Thanks to him, fantasy fiction goes hand in hand with elves and dwarves. Yet what many people do not realize is that he took his inspiration for them from Norse mythology. Both elves and dwarves played important roles in Norse mythology. Several Norse myths feature dwarves crafting precious objects, while Old Norse poems feature elves accompanying the gods.
Robbie Mitchell - 12/01/2023 - 00:54
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Asatru: A Native European Spirituality
When Steve McNallen pledged his loyalty to the Gods and Goddesses of Northern Europe in the late 1960s, he could have hardly imagined the far-reaching implications of this personal act of devotion. Now, over forty years later, Asatru (an Icelandic word that means true to the Gods) is one of the fastest growing new religious movements in America.
ancient-origins - 30/12/2016 - 17:44
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Harald Boehlke
... He has lived abroad for several years: three years in Iceland, two and a half years in Denmark, two and a half ...
ancient-origins - 05/02/2013 - 01:13
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The Secret Identity Of Christopher Columbus: A Celtic-Jewish Spanish Pirate?
... Was he a red-haired Jewish sea captain who had been to Iceland? Had some of his Portuguese crew crossed the Atlantic ...
davidchildress - 01/07/2022 - 21:52