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Surtr: The Fire Giant Who Ends the World
Surtr, also spelled Surtur, is the fire giant of Norse mythology who guards the burning realm of Muspelheim and rides out at Ragnarök with a sword brighter than the sun....
Surtr: The Fire Giant Who Ends the World
Surtr, also spelled Surtur, is the fire giant of Norse mythology who guards the burning realm of Muspelheim and rides out at Ragnarök with a sword brighter than the sun....
Sleipnir: The Eight-Legged Horse That Carries O...
Sleipnir is Odin's eight-legged horse and, according to the Eddic poem Grímnismál, the best of all horses. Born after Loki, in the shape of a mare, lured away a giant...
Sleipnir: The Eight-Legged Horse That Carries O...
Sleipnir is Odin's eight-legged horse and, according to the Eddic poem Grímnismál, the best of all horses. Born after Loki, in the shape of a mare, lured away a giant...
Loki: The Trickster the Gods Needed and Could N...
Loki is the trickster of Norse mythology: a giant's son counted among the Æsir, blood brother to Odin, and the figure behind most of the gods' worst problems and best...
Loki: The Trickster the Gods Needed and Could N...
Loki is the trickster of Norse mythology: a giant's son counted among the Æsir, blood brother to Odin, and the figure behind most of the gods' worst problems and best...
Ullr: The Snow God the Norse Myths Almost Forgot
Ullr is the Norse god of skiing, archery, hunting and single combat, son of Sif and stepson of Thor. The Eddas preserve barely a dozen lines about him, yet the...
Ullr: The Snow God the Norse Myths Almost Forgot
Ullr is the Norse god of skiing, archery, hunting and single combat, son of Sif and stepson of Thor. The Eddas preserve barely a dozen lines about him, yet the...
Freya: The Goddess Who Claims Half the Battle-Dead
Freyja, anglicized as Freya, is the Norse goddess of love, beauty and seiðr magic who is also, per Grímnismál, a war deity claiming half of all warriors slain in battle....
Freya: The Goddess Who Claims Half the Battle-Dead
Freyja, anglicized as Freya, is the Norse goddess of love, beauty and seiðr magic who is also, per Grímnismál, a war deity claiming half of all warriors slain in battle....
Skadi: The Giantess Who Marched on Asgard and B...
Skaði, anglicized as Skadi, is the jötunn daughter of Þjazi who armed herself, marched on Asgard to avenge her father, and walked away counted among the goddesses. In Norse mythology...
Skadi: The Giantess Who Marched on Asgard and B...
Skaði, anglicized as Skadi, is the jötunn daughter of Þjazi who armed herself, marched on Asgard to avenge her father, and walked away counted among the goddesses. In Norse mythology...