Tag: Norse mythology

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…


Valhalla, A Danish Animated Film From 1986

Valhalla is a great, funny, and well made Danish animated film released in 1986 which, in my humble opinion, is suitable to all categories and all ages of animation/cartoons fans out there! It is one of the best all time films on the Viking Age (even if it’s a rather fictional animation), in my humble…


Led Zeppelin’s Welsh, English, And Norse Influences

In the passage of time, it should come as no surprise to most life-long devoted Led Zeppelin fans that this English rock band integrated a considerable number of fine literary elements stemming from the traditions, mythologies, and folklores of Wales, England, and even the Norse lands, into their own music.슠So it is that the combination…