Discover the Norse myth of Baldur, the most beloved being in Asgard, and how the trickster god Loki plotted his death.
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Odin, the king of Asgard, was plagued by nightmares. Three fearsome figures haunted his dreams: a massive, writhing shadow; a shambling, rotting corpse; and worst of all, a monstrous beast with a deadly bite.
Loki the mischief-maker, writhes in Thor’s iron grip. The previous night, he’d snuck up on Thor’s wife and shorn off her beautiful hair. To fix what he’d done, Loki rushes to the dwarves and tricks them into making gifts for the gods.
Dive into the Norse myth of how Loki tricked a stranger into building the great wall of Asgard to keep the realm safe from giants.
Odin and the runes of power. A fascinating tale from Norse Mythology that demonstrates once more the desire of Odin to pursue all possible sources of knowledge and power in the cosmos. Odin is willing to sacrifice anything in his quest and in this story, the Nordic runes of power are the target.
A closer look at the text of Hávamál 138-139, the sole medieval source for the tale of the god Óðinn [Odin] hanging himself in sacrifice to himself. Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.
Answering a question about whether elements in Norse myth are due to Christian influence. Dr. Jackson Crawford is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of both Old Norse and Modern Icelandic.
The Norse Gods and their role in Norse Mythology. You will find details about each of them in alphabetical order (A to Z).
Some of the weirder stories that circulate about the Norse gods are the product of modern imagination or modern speculation, but some of them are genuinely old.
Oliver Sacks on humans and myth-making.
They say behind every great man is a great woman, but we refuse to believe that these female deities stood behind any man, no matter how “great.” That’s right, we gave you the ten most powerful Gods of mythology, so of course we’d be back for the most powerful Goddesses as well.