Origins of the Maelstrom Extract from the forthcoming Vol. 2 in the Viking and Norse series: Grottasongr is what can be called a true Scandinavian fairy tale, in essence a […]
Grottasongr
The Elven Star Eärendil and The Norse
The Elven Star Eärendil and The Norse Sources for the shining light of the Silmaril that had been rescued from the the Northern Lands of Angband by the elvish-man couple Lúthien […]
Draugar
The Draugar, the living undead we know from Tolkien, not zombies were known as the Draugar. The following is an extract from chapter 2 of Volume 1 of Viking Legends […]
Revisiting Nordic Mythology
Could the Norse gods have been real historical people? This is just one of the questions I’ll be looking at in this series, since I decided this Easter to do something […]
Hemisphærum Avstrale Coelestium
Is the title of a plate by German Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680) of a graphic representation of the heavens made in his work Oboliscus Aegyptiacus. Kircher was the brightest scientific star of […]
Autochthon
image credit: The Fall of Atlantis by Gaius31duke According to Plato, Autochthon was one of the ten kings of Atlantis. The word autochthon (n.) means “one sprung from the soil he inhabits” […]