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Njörðr (Old Norse: Njǫrðr [ˈnjɔrðz̠]) is a god among the Vanir. Njörðr, father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with the goddess Skaði, lives in Nóatún and is associated with the sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility. Njörðr is attested in the Poetic Edda, […]
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Bragi is one of the sons of Odin, the eldest next to Thor. Long ago, the Mead of Poetry was guarded by a giant named Suttung who kept it in a cave under his house and set his daughter Gunnlod as its guardian. Odin was determined to steal the sacred Mead, and after many adventures […]
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We often discuss Odin as the All-Father.. but was he truly? Let’s go back a little further in time, and take a look at the REAL “All Father”.. the being who birthed every living creature ever to be.. Aurgelmir, also called Ymir, Brimir, or Bláinnin Norse mythology, the first being, was a giant who was […]
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In Norse mythology, Hlín is a goddess associated with the goddess Frigg, as one of her handmaids. Hlín appears in a poem in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and in kennings found in skaldic poetry. Scholars frequently explain the meaning behind the goddess’s name as ‘protector’. The Prose Edda section Gylfaginning derives the name […]