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Fafnir: The Dwarf Who Became a Dragon
Fafnir is the most famous dragon in Norse mythology, and he was not born one. In the Völsunga saga he is Hreidmar's son, who murders his father for a cursed...
Fafnir: The Dwarf Who Became a Dragon
Fafnir is the most famous dragon in Norse mythology, and he was not born one. In the Völsunga saga he is Hreidmar's son, who murders his father for a cursed...
Völva: The Norse Seeress Who Saw the Future
A völva was a Norse seeress: a woman who practiced the magic called seiðr to read fate and speak with spirits. The name means "staff bearer." Sources like Völuspá and...
Völva: The Norse Seeress Who Saw the Future
A völva was a Norse seeress: a woman who practiced the magic called seiðr to read fate and speak with spirits. The name means "staff bearer." Sources like Völuspá and...
How to Celebrate Yule: Traditions From the Sources
To celebrate Yule the way the sources support it, keep three nights around midwinter, brew or buy good ale, drink formal toasts to the gods and to your dead, swear...
How to Celebrate Yule: Traditions From the Sources
To celebrate Yule the way the sources support it, keep three nights around midwinter, brew or buy good ale, drink formal toasts to the gods and to your dead, swear...
The Yule Cat, Grýla and Iceland's 13 Yule Lads
The Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn) is a monstrous cat from Icelandic folklore that comes for anyone who does not receive a new piece of clothing before Christmas. Modern Icelandic tradition groups...
The Yule Cat, Grýla and Iceland's 13 Yule Lads
The Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn) is a monstrous cat from Icelandic folklore that comes for anyone who does not receive a new piece of clothing before Christmas. Modern Icelandic tradition groups...
Ratatoskr: The Gossiping Squirrel of Yggdrasil
Ratatoskr is the squirrel of Norse mythology who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil, carrying words between the unnamed eagle at the crown and the dragon Níðhöggr at...
Ratatoskr: The Gossiping Squirrel of Yggdrasil
Ratatoskr is the squirrel of Norse mythology who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil, carrying words between the unnamed eagle at the crown and the dragon Níðhöggr at...
Harald Hardrada: The Last Great Viking King
Harald Hardrada (Harald Sigurdsson, c. 1015 to 1066) was king of Norway from 1046 until his death at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on September 25, 1066. Wounded at Stiklestad...
Harald Hardrada: The Last Great Viking King
Harald Hardrada (Harald Sigurdsson, c. 1015 to 1066) was king of Norway from 1046 until his death at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on September 25, 1066. Wounded at Stiklestad...