Fearing for his safety, Frigg asked everything in creation, whether living or not—including animals, birds, stones, wood, and metal—to take an oath not to hurt Balder. There was only one thing that she did not ask to make such a promise: the mistletoe plant. Frigg thought that the ...
Only two giants survived,Bergelmirand his wife, the couple fled and found a safe place in the land of mist, and saved their lives, all future giants are descended from this couple. The world was created The world was created from the remains of the giant Ymir in Norse mythology. The th...
One Siberian myth tells of a hero who followed a golden bird up the World Tree. The bird changed into many shapes, finally becoming a woman, whom the hero wished to marry. First, however, he had to destroy an extra sun and moon that were making the world too hot and too cold. For...
Literature 179 6.2 Norse-Saami Personal Relationships in Literature 6.2.1 Kinship and Intimate Family Relationships Regardless of the purposes and the background of such relations, medieval texts repeatedly refer to the creation and maintenance of deeply personal relationships between Saami and Norse ...
(62)Not only were there names and deeds of Greek kings depicted or engraved; rather, it began with the creation of the world.In addition to skrífa (here contracted with the preposition á“on (to)”), the verb skera“to cut”, “to engrave”, and “to carve” emphasises technical ...
Odin had the power to change his appearance, and this shape shifting played a part in the myth that explains Odin's connection with poetry The wisest being who ever lived was Kvasir, whom the gods had formed from their own saliva. Dwarfs killed Kvasir and mixed his blood with honey to ...
The evil giants of myth generally need to be defeated, either by humans or by supernatural beings such as gods. Although immensely powerful, these creatures fall when faced with bravery and cleverness. This victory of wit over brute strength occurs in the biblical story of David, who kills ...
A Japanese myth tells of a poor elderly couple whose only joys in life were their pet dog and the beautiful blossoms of the cherry tree. After the dog found buried gold for its owners, a jealous neighbor killed the beloved animal. The old man and woman buried the dog under a cherry tre...