1003+ Deep Dives

Chronicles

Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.

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Norse & Germanic

Gerd

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

Jul 30, 20267 min read

Norse & Germanic

Mare

Discover the Mare (mara), the night-spirit of Scandinavian and Germanic folklore who sits on sleepers’ chests bringing suffocating dreams and sleep

Jul 29, 20268 min read

Norse & Germanic

Vittra

Discover the Vittra, the invisible subterranean hidden folk of northern Swedish folklore — an unseen people who share the land and their cattle with

Jul 29, 20269 min read

Norse & Germanic

Ymir

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

Jul 29, 202611 min read

Norse & Germanic

Surtr

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

Jul 29, 20268 min read

Norse & Germanic

Buri

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

Jul 29, 202610 min read

Norse & Germanic

Bor

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

Jul 29, 20268 min read

Norse & Germanic

Bestla

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

Jul 29, 20268 min read

European Folklore

Knocker

Discover the Knocker (bucca, Tommyknocker), the mine-spirit of Cornish folklore — a small, ugly fairy of the deep tin mines whose knocking warned of

Jul 28, 202610 min read

European Folklore

Spriggan

Discover the Spriggan, the ugly, dangerous guardian-fairy of Cornish folklore — a grotesque shape-shifting sprite who guards the treasure of ancient

Jul 28, 20269 min read