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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…

By YggdrasilServices, 3 yearsApril 30, 2022 ago

Scandinavian Mythology

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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…

By YggdrasilServices, 4 yearsNovember 30, 2020 ago

Scandinavia

Nordic Celebrations

Walpurgis Night – Valborg

Scandinavian Mythology

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