There are countless animals in Norse mythology, often associated with specific concepts, ideas, or symbols. Cats were considered sacred symbols...
Elves in Norse mythology were one of the primary creatures described in countless poems and stories throughout the Viking age....
Meet Freya, the Norse goddess of love, war, and magic — the Vanir deity who taught Odin his sorcery, rules her own hall of the honoured dead, and refused a giant's marriage proposal so fiercely it shook Asgard.
Loki is Odin's blood-brother, Asgard's most useful troublemaker, and the father of the monsters fated to destroy the gods. Here's the full story of Norse mythology's trickster, from the death of Baldr to his final stand at Ragnarök.
Norwegian trolls are perhaps one of the most famous creatures associated with the Nordic people, and for good reason. You...
The presence of owls in Norse mythology highlights the strong spiritual connection the older Scandinavian communities had with this bird...
Dwarves in Norse mythology are among the most well-known fantasy creatures to emerge from the Nordic landscape. Often aligned with...
He shows up in the Loki, Odin, Valhalla, and Ragnarök stories, but the wolf fated to kill Odin has never had his own article — until now. The full story of Fenrir: his birth, his binding, Týr's sacrifice, and his role in the end of the world.
Odin threw it into the sea to be rid of it. Instead it grew until it circled the entire world. The full story of Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent fated to kill — and be killed by — Thor at Ragnarök.
Knowing which Norse tattoos to avoid is becoming increasingly important in today’s world. As Norse mythology becomes more mainstream with...
Meet Odin, the Allfather of Norse mythology: the god who sacrificed an eye for wisdom, hung from Yggdrasil for the runes, and kept two ravens as spies across the nine worlds — all while preparing for the death he knew was coming at Ragnarök.
Ragnarök is the Norse prophecy of the apocalypse — the end of the gods, the sinking of the earth, and the destruction of the cosmos. But it is also something else: a story of rebirth. Here is everything you need to know about the Norse end of the world.
