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Village name sign for Grimsby, Old Norse for Grim's farmstead, beside an English country lane

Viking Place Names: The Old Norse Hiding on Eng...

Grimsby is not, strictly, a town name. It is Old Norse for Grim's farmstead: one man, one holding, and a label that has outlived him by roughly eleven hundred years....

Viking Place Names: The Old Norse Hiding on Eng...

Grimsby is not, strictly, a town name. It is Old Norse for Grim's farmstead: one man, one holding, and a label that has outlived him by roughly eleven hundred years....

Angrboda the giantess standing at the edge of the Ironwood with a young wolf at her side

Angrboda: The Giantess Who Bore Fenrir, Jormung...

Angrboða (anglicized Angrboda) is a giantess in Norse mythology and the mother, with Loki, of three monsters: the wolf Fenrir, the world serpent Jörmungandr, and Hel. She is named in...

Angrboda: The Giantess Who Bore Fenrir, Jormung...

Angrboða (anglicized Angrboda) is a giantess in Norse mythology and the mother, with Loki, of three monsters: the wolf Fenrir, the world serpent Jörmungandr, and Hel. She is named in...

Odin's eye gleaming at the bottom of Mimir's well beneath a massive root of Yggdrasil

Mimir: The Severed Head That Counsels Odin

Mímir (anglicized Mimir) is the wisest figure in Norse mythology, keeper of the well of wisdom beneath a root of Yggdrasil, where Odin traded an eye for a single drink....

Mimir: The Severed Head That Counsels Odin

Mímir (anglicized Mimir) is the wisest figure in Norse mythology, keeper of the well of wisdom beneath a root of Yggdrasil, where Odin traded an eye for a single drink....

Sif with flowing golden hair standing in a torchlit Norse hall with Thor's hammer resting on the table beside her

Sif: The Goddess Whose Stolen Hair Gave Thor Hi...

Sif is the golden-haired goddess married to Thor in Norse mythology. Her one full myth survives in Skáldskaparmál, part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda: Loki cut off her hair, and...

Sif: The Goddess Whose Stolen Hair Gave Thor Hi...

Sif is the golden-haired goddess married to Thor in Norse mythology. Her one full myth survives in Skáldskaparmál, part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda: Loki cut off her hair, and...

Three Norns carving fate into wooden staves beside the Well of Urd beneath the roots of Yggdrasil

The Norns: The Three Sisters Who Carve the Fate...

The Norns are the three beings who decide the fate of gods and humans in Norse mythology: Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld. They live beside the Well of Urd beneath the...

The Norns: The Three Sisters Who Carve the Fate...

The Norns are the three beings who decide the fate of gods and humans in Norse mythology: Urðr, Verðandi, and Skuld. They live beside the Well of Urd beneath the...

Freyr the Norse harvest god standing in a ripe barley field at golden hour with the glowing boar Gullinbursti beside him

Freyr: The Harvest God Who Traded His Sword for...

Freyr is the Norse god of harvest, fertility, peace, and good weather, whom Snorri calls "the most renowned of the Æsir." A Vanir deity, son of Njörðr and brother of...

Freyr: The Harvest God Who Traded His Sword for...

Freyr is the Norse god of harvest, fertility, peace, and good weather, whom Snorri calls "the most renowned of the Æsir." A Vanir deity, son of Njörðr and brother of...