Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The myth of Angrboda: the fearsome Norse giantess who with Loki mothered the three monsters fated to doom the gods — the wolf Fenrir, the world-serpent
The myth of Gerd: a giantess of dazzling beauty whose radiance lit the sky and sea, the reluctant bride won for the god Frey, whose lovesick courtship
Discover the Mare (mara), the night-spirit of Scandinavian and Germanic folklore who sits on sleepers’ chests bringing suffocating dreams and sleep
Discover the Vittra, the invisible subterranean hidden folk of northern Swedish folklore — an unseen people who share the land and their cattle with
The myth of Ymir: the primordial frost-giant of Norse myth, the first living being born of fire and ice and ancestor of all giants, slain by Odin and his
The myth of Surtr: the great fire-giant of Norse myth, primordial lord of Muspelheim who guards the fiery south with a flaming sword brighter than the
The myth of Buri: the first of the Norse gods and ancestor of the Aesir, licked free of the salty primordial ice over three days by the great cow
The myth of Bor: a primordial Norse god, son of the first god Buri and husband of the giantess Bestla, father of Odin, Vili and Ve, the brothers who slew
The myth of Bestla: a primordial giantess of Norse myth, daughter of the giant Bölþorn, wife of the god Bor and mother of Odin, Vili and Ve — the giant
Discover the Huldra, the seductive forest-woman of the Scandinavian hidden folk — beautiful from the front but betrayed by a hidden tail and hollow back,
