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The kyrkogrim is the Swedish variant of the English church grim: an animal that was buried alive beneath a church’s foundation and that subsequently wakes up from the dead each night to creep around the grounds and spook off ne’er-do-wells. #FolkloreThursday
Horns up to Nils Blommér for his mastery of painting scenes from Scandinavian mythology and folklore https://t.co/ukoRjkt60e
In his intro to Norse Mythology, @neilhimself encourages readers to ”read the stories in this book, then make them your own.” Well, a drunkard from Boston did just that. https://t.co/qZj99tWBvN
As recorded in The Impudent Edda, @McGreevysBoston in Back Bay is the bar that forcibly removed Odin from the premises for illicit and foul-tempered drunken behavior. He later spent the night on the steps of @BPLBoston #NorseMythologyForBostonians https://t.co/knKhZmFiIM
After 800 years, the final installment of The Edda Trilogy finally arrived, bringing the world’s foremost epic fantasy trilogy to its inevitable and fateful conclusion: in an alleyway behind a dive bar in South Boston. #NorseMythologyForBostonians https://t.co/knKhZmFiIM
Ask and Embla were the first humans to walk Middle-Earth. They were fashioned from tree trunks and given life by Odin and his brothers when they came stumbled upon the logs while strolling upon the beach. #MythologyMonday
There’s the old stinker, appropriately enough hanging out with his bookshelf buddy, ”Fartology,” on a lazy Sunday over @booksmithtweets. Sample antics over @mcsweeneys: https://t.co/qZj99tWBvN #Boston #Norse #NorseMythologyForBostonians
The Kancamangus Highway in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is a scenic byway that was often frequented by Tyr and his evil wolf/copilot-is-dog/monster buddy Fenrir back when the world was still young. #NorseMythologyForBostonians #Tyr #Tuesday https://t.co/knKhZmFiIM
The Impudent Edda’s first review on amazon has appeared. I don’t actually know the guy despite his positive rating or that he apparently lives in the quaint New England village of Valhalla, Mass. But I totally skål to his honor #NorseMythologyForBostonians https://t.co/LRPn0PSVUs
Gustaf Tenggren did a lot to popularize the imagery of trolls, witches, and other anti-social fairy tale beings in the 20th century. #FairyTaleTuesday https://t.co/CcdLgTgQcR