Category: Norse Mythology

Dvalin is in Norse mythology, a dwarf who gave to the dwarfs magic runes that made them skillful in crafts. The kenning for poetry is…

Dockalfar (dark elves) In Norse mythology, the dark elves or dwarfs who live underground. They tend to be evil by nature but often can be…

The name Ratatosk means “swift teeth” or “gnawing teeth.” He is the divine squirrel who runs up and down Ygdrassil, the World Tree. He eats…

Grid – Peace Grid is an unusual Frost Giant if only because she’s friendly toward the Aesir spirits. In her most famous myth, she rescues…

Freya : She Who Shines over the Sea Freya, most beautiful of the Norse spirits, has dominion over love, sex, fertility, magic, witchcraft, warcraft, death,…

The Norse term Jotun is traditionally translated as “Giant” as in the giants who lurch through fairy tales, like the one in Jack and the…

Mimir (memory) In Norse mythology, a giant noted for his wisdom; uncle of Odin. Mimir was at one time the keeper of a magic cauldron,…

Skadi, an ice goddess, is the daughter of the Jotun Thiazi, who died in a fatal altercation with the Aesir. In Skadi’s first appearance on…

Byleipt (raging fire) In Norse mythology, brother to the fire-trickster god Loki, or merely another name for the god. One kenning for Loki is “Byleipt’s…

Byggvir (barley?) In Norse mythology, the personification of the barley god, husband of Beyla; servant of Frey. He appears in the Prose Edda in the…