Scandinavian Myth
Walpurgis Night (Valborg or Valborgsmässoafton in Swedish, Vappu in Finnish, Walpurgisnacht in German) is a festivity celebrated on April 30 in Sweden, Finland and Germany. About the Name Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Valborg, born in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, in 710 A.D. She Read more…
Like a dancer in the dark, Queen Aurora flaunts her enchanted tulle dress at the Starry Night court. Since the dawn of time, man has always been fascinated by the phenomenon of the Aurora Borealis, this iridescent light that dances in the cold winter nights. Vikings believed that these lights Read more…
Yggdrasil is the name of the tree of the universe myth. It is about an evergreen ash that rises from the middle of the Olympus of Nordic mythology, home to the Asi Gods (Æsir).The name means “the terrible warhorse”, where Yggr, “terrible”, is one of the epithets of Odin (Óðinn).Yggdrasil Read more…