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Selkies: Norse Mermaids Selkie is a word for ‘seal’ found in modern Shetland, Orkney, Caithness and Moray dialects (in Cromarty also sealchie). In Faroese and Scottish mythology selkies (or silkies) are seals who can take the human form when they take off their seal skin. There are se...
The versatile word óðr can be used a number of ways. It is the root of the name Odin. As a noun, the word óðr refers to the “mind, wit, soul, sense.” It can also used as a poetic name for poetry. An óðar-smiðr is a song-smith. The tongue is an óða...
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For the furtherance of the good work which he began nearly fifty years ago, he still lives and still labours. There is no spot on which an accent of Teutonic speech is uttered where the name of Jacob Grimm is not a ‘household word’. His General Grammar of all the Teutonic Dialects ...
the Norse gods. It wasabout Freya,who, in this tale, was Odin’s lover. One night, when she left Odin, she traveled to the realm of dwarves, and she saw them making a beautiful necklace. She loved the necklace so much, and so she asked the dwarves how much they wanted for it. ...
He is, however, described in one source as a flirt, and also an excellent lover. Importanceamong Gods We know so little about Ullr that we often do not consider him when talking about the important Viking gods. But there is good evidence that Ullr was considered very important, and probabl...
Bragi is the Norse god of poetry (Old Norse word for poetry isbragr). He is renowned for wisdom and skill with words. He is a husband to Ydun, the keeper of magic apples and giver of eternal youthfulness. Vidar Vidar is a silent god, a son to Odin and Gríðr, a female jötun...
He is, however, described in one source as a flirt, and also an excellent lover. Importanceamong Gods We know so little about Ullr that we often do not consider him when talking about the important Viking gods. But there is good evidence that Ullr was considered very important, and probabl...