The Huldra (Norwegian hulder / huldra) is one of the most famous and unsettling beings in Scandinavian folklore: beautiful, dangerous, generous, vindictive, alluring, and deeply tied to the wilderness. She is not a “goddess” in the same sense as Freyja or Frigg in the surviving Old Norse mythological texts. She belongs instead to the world […]

One thing that keeps coming up in Norse Pagan spaces is the claim that Snorri Sturluson was just a Christian monk who rewrote or distorted the old beliefs beyond recognition. It gets thrown around so casually that people start repeating it as though it is a settled fact. But it is not. Snorri was not […]

We’re coming up to Einmánuður, the last winter month in the Old Norse calendar. There’s something really powerful about this month — it carries that feeling of winter not being quite over, but the promise of spring finally beginning to stir. After the long, harsh months of cold, darkness, and endurance, Einmánuður marked a turning […]

I have always loved wolves. There is something about them that has spoken to me for as long as I can remember — their loyalty, intelligence, adaptability, protectiveness, and that deep sense of pack. They are fierce, yes, but they are not mindless. They know their own. They endure. They survive. They move with purpose. […]

The Scribe’s Ink and the Ancestors’ Blood Let’s be honest: if you’ve been around Norse Pagan spaces for more than five minutes, you’ve met That Guy. You know the one. He slides into the conversation like a damp sock and says, “Well actually… Snorri made most of it up. Norse mythology is basically medieval Christian […]

In the old Icelandic calendar, Góa (older form Gói) is the fifth and next-to-last month of winter, landing roughly from mid-February into mid-March. It’s the month where winter is still very much present… but the light is back in the conversation. Days are noticeably longer, the weather starts doing that late-winter “anything goes” thing, and […]

Þrúðr is one of those Norse figures who carries a huge name and a small paper trail. Her name literally means “Strength” (Old Norse: Þrúðr), and she is identified as the daughter of Thor and Sif. That alone gives her a striking place in the mythic family line: thunder on one side, golden-haired fertility/earth associations […]

Hœnir is one of those figures in Norse myth who keeps turning up at major moments… and then politely declines to explain himself (relatable, honestly). He appears at the creation of humankind, stands at the centre of the Æsir–Vanir hostage exchange, travels in famous triads with Óðinn and Loki, and is even named among the […]

If you ever need a reminder that the Norse mythic world is much bigger than the handful of “main character” gods we talk about all the time, Meili is perfect. He is one of those names that makes you stop and realise that, for every Thor story that survived, there were probably dozens of smaller […]

One of the most interesting “wait… hang on!” moments that we find in Old Norse myth is that we get two different trios involved in humanity’s creation — depending on whether you’re reading the Poetic Edda or Snorri’s Prose Edda. Same scene, same first humans (Askr and Embla), same “we found two pieces of wood […]