N orse mythology comprises the stories and legends of the ancient Norse people who existed in Scandinavia between the 8th and 11th centuries. Their tales are preserved in ancient Icelandic texts ...
one of the nine worlds of Norse mythology. ‘Wednesday’ comes from ‘Odin’s Day’, and ‘Friday’ from ‘Frigg’s Day’. Litchfield was inspired by the writings of Annie and Eliza Keary, but also wanted to ...
The 12th-Century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth, who structured the Arthurian legends, recounted the story ... characters and plot strands from the Norse sagas and the German Nibelungenlied.
Norse mythology is made up of several chronological tales and, of course, the story of Ragnarök sits ... The other pantheon of gods was called the Vanir and they lived in Vanaheim. According to legend ...
Here’s what the Old Norse saga Tale of Ragnar’s Sons tells us of these remarkable ... Ælla granted him his wish, and – according to Old Norse legend – Ivar cut the ox hide into strands so thin that ...
Called 'Old Norse Sagas', these tales of heroes, warriors, epic adventures and amazing insights in to daily life all still seem highly relevant today. Written and narrated by Dr Janina Ramirez ...
In the 800-year old Norse Sverris Saga, the author recounts the gruesome tale of a corpse being thrown into a well to pollute ...
Just like Greek tales of the ancient gods of Mount Olympus and the antics they got up to in the mortal world, Norse mythology comprises ... romantic legend of Brynhild, Gudrun and Sigurd.
This is a tale where ... essence of the legend lies not in our sanitised representations of golden-haired women drifting regally through the skies on white horses, but in Old Norse mythology ...
Myths are old tales filled with magical creatures ... threw down lightning bolts on to earth when he was in a rage. While Norse myth reckons that Thor, another God, would cause lightning with ...
Trudvang Legends is based on the Norse-flavoured tabletop RPG Trudvang Chronicles, and has been designed to offer a similar scope of fantasy world and storytelling, but as a GM-less board game. One of ...