In Norse mythology, a fylgja (or fylgia) is a spirit animal or a supernatural being that accompanies a person and decides their fate or fortune. A fylgja would typically appear during sleep and be...
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Berserkir were fierce Viking warriors who fought or only dressed in the skins of bears and wolves. The heightened state of violence could have been down to the influence of mind-altering drugs...
Elves inhabit two possible realms in Norse myth: Alfheim (or Álfheimr) and Svartalfheim. “Álfheim” means “Land of the Elves,” so it is undoubtedly an Elf realm. However, “Svartalfheim,”...
Valkyries were the “choosers of the slain” in Old Nordic mythology. Always female and human or jötnar (giants), they were the god Odin’s appointed deliverers of brave warriors’ corpses to...
The Norns are three women living in Asgard with immense power. They alone determine the fate of humans and the gods, and even Odin is powerless to change the fate that the Norns decide. These...
Hymir , father of the god of war Týr, was a wise giant from Jotunheim in Old Norse mythology and the keeper of an enormous magic cauldron that Thor and Týr wished to borrow as a kettle for brewing...