Category: Mythology & Spirituality

Skaði – The Norse Goddess Of Hunting, Winter, And Mountains

Ska쎰i (also alternatively known as Skadi, Skathe, or Skade in English) is a j쎶tunn (i.e. a race of supernatural beings, relatively erroneously translated as giants in English given the fact that not all of them are humongous in physical regards) goddess in the Norse mythology who was married to the Norse god of the sea,…


Fólkvangr, The Peaceful Norse Afterlife

Many know of the legendary Valhalla (or Valh잫ll as it is known in Old Norse, the language of the Norsemen during the Viking Age), by far the most popular form of Norse afterlife, a great hall or palace of Odin (the leader of the 쎆sir gods) which exists in a parallel dimension (i.e. Asgard, on…


Yggdrasil – The Sacred Tree Of Life In The Norse Mythology

Yggdrasil is the name of the sacred ash tree of life in the Norse mythology, the mythology of the Norse (otherwise commonly known as Vikings which was the title of what would nowadays be a profession or an occupation and not an ethnic label), one of the Germanic peoples of the Early Middle Ages native…


Odin – The One-Eyed Wise God Of The Norse Mythology

Odin (originally known in Old Norse as 쎓쎰inn and in Old English as W얍den) is one of the most important divinities in the Norse mythology. He is part of the슠쎆sir branch of gods along with (among others) Frigg (his wife; the goddess of wisdom),슠Baldr (his son with goddess Frigg; god of justice), Thor (his son;…


The Complex Norse Mythology: The Gods Of The Norsemen

Before Christianity was officially introduced to Scandinavia in the 12th century, its inhabitants had their own ancient polytheistic religion which orbited around a series of complex mythical figures such as Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya, Baldur, Sif, Ullr, Ska쎰i, and many others. The Norse mythology comprises the totality of myths passed on from generation to generation…