How you like them apples?
This is a story of apples, hunting, and a giant eagle. It is a tale of eternal youth, trickery, and...
How Loki delivered both walls and a horse-child
The gods of Asgard would often quarrel with the giants of Jotunheim. Even though the gods were powerful, the might...
Baldr’s passing
The story of Baldr is one filled with tragedy. It all starts when Baldr is born, the son of the...
How Odin stole the Mead of Poetry
News of the Mead of Poetry traveled fast, even after Suttung had taken it from the dwarfs Fjalar and Galar....
Sif’s golden locks
Loki laughed loudly. Just as he thought he had become accustomed to his extraordinarily high standards of humor, he managed...
Poetic justice
So last time we discussed the Norse pantheon and the war that raged on for ages between the two distinct...
The Aesir-Vanir rift
Odin, Vili, and Ve had created the universe out of the remains of Ymir and had killed almost every living...
The Slavic myth of creation
In the beginning, there was no light, but only chaotic darkness. This darkness inhabited no lifeforms, except for Rod, the...
How the Norse gods created through destruction
Before the dawn of time, the universe was a vast, empty void. But a cosmic clash of fire and ice...
Eridu Genesis
Note: The Eridu Genesis is the oldest known Mesopotamian flood myth. It formed the inspiration for later flood stories like...