Tristan S. Rappさんのイラストまとめ

A lot of this preference for the Norse today stems from a rather bizarre idea that they were in some way more open, egalitarian and affirmative than their contemporaries. The reality is mostly the opposite. The Norse were much further from modern morals than were, say, the Franks

The word "orc" in Medieval myths could refer to 2 separate monsters with unconnected etymologies. One of these creatures was the "sea-orc", a vast sea-monster whose name is related to the orca, and whose ultimate etymology is from Greek "húrkhē" meaning... a jar for pickling fish

There is often in these traditional Nordic stories a perplexing ambiguity separating trolls from dwarves and even elves. All are types of "troldfolk", which makes sense, since the word for magic is "trolddom".

Trolls are at times craftsmen, and often live in caves or mounds.

Cultural imperialism is American artists including raccoons in woodland scenes set in Medieval Europe.

Every. Time.

(7) Nor were nisser exclusively restricted to farms. The kirkenisse (church-nisse) was a fixture of folklore as well, guarding places of worship. Always, however, they had a local domain. In fact, Swedish 'tomte' is a shortening of 'tomtenisse', from 'tomt' meaning 'site'

THREAD - The Nisse, Christmas 'elves' of Scandinavia

In celebration of the 1st of Advent, I will now begin my incessant yearly Christmasposting. To shoot it off, let us look at the folklore and mythology behind one of the most omnipresent beings of Scandi folklore - the nisse

Low Middle Ages > High Middle Ages

The last Western Hunter Gatherer on Dogger Island at the time of the Storegga tsunami

As a last point, sad no doubt to some, it must be pointed out that Bullockornis, the 'Demon Duck of Doom', died out in the Miocene, and thus many millions of years before any human set foot on Australia.

Serious Conan-vibes from the whole thing