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In The Golden Key, Lena the shepherdess meets the lonesome knight in the ”pleasure garden” of the fairies. The jealous, wicked queen mutilates poor Lena but eventually gets turned into a cloud by 3 wyrd sisters and Lena gets healed. John Bauer illustrates. #FairyTaleTuesday
Berserkers were pretty wild. They wore bear furs, foamed at the mouth, and would have firmly believed that pain was just weakness leaving the body, if they could have even felt pain. #FolkloreThursday
I am Egil Skallagrimsson /
Right-hand man and close confidant of Erik Bloodaxe and his queen, Gunnhild /
A peaceful man of calm and restraint /
And the wise, amicable legal proceedings found in my saga form the basis for modern Iceland’s court system
#WyrdWednesday https://t.co/POTqbmFpll
Beware the mara, who could invade your sleeping quarters and apply extreme pressure to your respiratory system by riding your chest, resulting in severe discomfort and nightmares, aptly enough. And sometimes she transformed into animal shape, too, usually a cat. #FairyTaleTuesday
Thjazi was an evil giant who could shape-shift into eagle form, which he did when conspiring with Loki to kidnap Idunn and steal her apples. But he was eventually set on fire and beaten to death by the gods, so he got his comeuppance. #MythologyMonday
According to The Impudent Edda, Loki and Thor once rode the Green Line downtown together so that they could go to the aquarium and see the penguins. https://t.co/knKhZmFiIM
Fenrir was bound with Gleipnir, the silk-like magical fetter forged by dwarves from impossible materials, such as fish breath and bird spit. In the binding process Fenrir also ate Tyr’s hand. #MythologyMonday
Boston Stronger with Odin and a Puffin Carcass. https://t.co/gGAYJ1dHlf
That wanton Lemminkäinen sets out to win a fair maid of the north as his bride, but first that full-blooded rogue must ski after the demon’s elk, bridle the demon’s bay horse, and shoot the swan of Tuonela’s river of death. And he almost succeeds. #FolkloreThursday #Kalevala