Loki’s daughter, Hel, was the guardian of the realm of the dead in Norse mythology. She was the progeny of a demi-god. Hel was a dark and brooding presence but not necessarily evil. Odin’s son,...
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Norse mythology paints Garm (Garmr in Old Norse) as the blood-stained guardian of Hel's gate. He is often portrayed as a wolf or dog associated with the Underworld (Hel or Helheim), the destruction...
Fáfnir was originally a dwarf In Old Norse mythology. He was the son of the sorcerer, Hreidmar, and brother of Regin, Ótr, Lyngheiðr, and Lofnheiðr. Fáfnir became a dragon after he stole...
Dwarves (also known as “Dvergar” or “Dvergr“) were master blacksmiths, miners, and sages in Old Norse myths and legends. They lived inside mountains in the realm of Nidavellir (or maybe...
Huginn and Muninn were Odin’s pair of ravens in Nordic myth. Huginn is old Norse for “thought,” and Muninn means “memory.” Depictions often showed these black birds sitting on or flying...
In old Norse mythology, Fenrir is the name of the enormous wolf freed from his shackles at Ragnarök—-the end of the world and the end of the deities. He slays the god Odin and is himself killed by...