Ragnarök
Articles tagged Ragnarök.
Einherjar: Odin’s Dead Warriors Training for Ragnarök
The einherjar were dead warriors chosen by valkyries to train in Valhalla for Ragnarök, a battle Odin already knew the gods would lose.
Hel: Norse Mythology’s Half-Dead Goddess
Hel a death goddess ruling a frozen hall, a half-rotten body, and a realm of oaths broken—how did Hel become one of Norse myth's...
Norse Mythology Explained: Gods, Realms, and Sources
Norse mythology preserves Scandinavian religious beliefs from 800 BCE to 500 CE through texts like the Eddas, cosmology, deities, and Ragnarok prophecies.
Jötunheim: The Norse Land of Giants
Jötunheim is the homeland of the jötnar in Norse myth. Thor, Odin and Loki cross its boundaries in stories of stolen treasures, strange contests...
Snorri Sturluson: Our Most Important Source for Norse Myth?
Snorri preserved myths of Odin, Loki and Ragnarök in the Prose Edda, but wrote as a Christian in medieval Iceland. How should historians read...
Loki’s Children: Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr
Why did Odin separate Loki’s three children? The Prose Edda explains the fates of Hel, Fenrir and Jörmungandr, and their roles at Ragnarök.
Why Did the Norse Gods Bind Fenrir the Wolf?
The Norse gods feared that Fenrir would kill Odin at Ragnarök. Their attempt to restrain him with the magical ribbon Gleipnir cost Týr his...
Snorri Sturluson: Our Most Important Source for Norse Myth?
Snorri preserved myths of Odin, Loki and Ragnarök in the Prose Edda, but wrote as a Christian in medieval Iceland. How should...
Loki’s Children: Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr
Why did Odin separate Loki’s three children? The Prose Edda explains the fates of Hel, Fenrir and Jörmungandr, and their roles at...
Why Did the Norse Gods Bind Fenrir the Wolf?
The Norse gods feared that Fenrir would kill Odin at Ragnarök. Their attempt to restrain him with the magical ribbon Gleipnir cost...
