Bevan ThomasIn Norse mythology, King Gylfi of Sweden generously gifted a vagrant woman as much land as four oxen could plow in a day. However, the woman was the goddess Gefion in disguise, and she used her magical oxen to plow so much land that they deposited it in the ocean as the ...
Jerusalem, World History, and Norse Legendsand MythologyIt is said that it takes seven days to sail around Iceland, with favorable winds, which changeas it is necessary, as one cannot use the same wind all the way. It is supposed to be the samedistance between Iceland and Norway.2Stefka ...
Germanic religion and mythology, complex of stories, lore, and beliefs about the gods and the nature of the cosmos developed by the Germanic-speaking peoples before their conversion to Christianity. Germanic culture extended, at various times, from the B