Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
Showing 291–300 of 746
The myth of Geirrod: a cruel and treacherous Norse giant who lured Thor into his hall without hammer or belt and tried to kill him. Armed by the helpful
The myth of Suttungr: the Norse giant who guarded the Mead of Poetry, the drink granting verse and wisdom, hidden in a mountain under his daughter
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
