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Back in Black (and Gold): “The Impudent Edda” Drops from the Gallows

The final installment of the The Edda Trilogy is being let loose from the noose (that's kept it hanging around) on Odin's Day, November 22nd.

Beowulf: Dead on the Inside

The Tower of Beowulf an action-packed novelization of the ancient poem by an author who received rave reviews from heavyweights like Robert Jordan, Terry Brooks, and Morgan Llwelyn.

True Icelandic Ásatrú Art

Few artists and designers have imbued their work so consistently and thoroughly with the iconography, tales, and lessons of Norse mythology as Haukur Halldórsson.

Translating The Impudent Edda

Translating an archaic literary work from a semi-foreign language to English is always a solitary task, and one that will probably be automated by AI in the near future, ultimately eliminating the livelihoods of many people across many professions as the world takes one giant leap towards becoming the godforsaken […]

The Gods of Stockholm

Traces of the old gods are very much alive in Stockholm. The city bears their marks in a number of ways, not least in some of the place names of its urban geography. Most of the major gods and goddesses have lent their names to a street: Torsgatan (“Thor’s Street”), […]

Succumb to Bram Stoker’s Swedish Dracula

Mörkrets makter is actually—at least in part—by Bram Stoker himself and was originally released in serialized format by the Stockholm newspaper, Dagen, from 1899 to 1900.

Larger Than Life Adventure with the Littlest Viking

Beorn: The Littlest Viking Saga is a ton of fun—sort of like if you transported Bill Watterson’s famous Calvin character to a fantasy medieval world inspired by the Norse myths and let him run loose.

Tending the Sheep: Re-Imaginings of Ancient Scandinavian Stories

This meager, little post is simply about my new list of The Best Re-imaginings of Ancient Scandinavian Stories which is now available at Shepherd. Shepherd is a hip, young site that features lists of favorite books arranged according to a theme as chosen by individual writers themselves. It’s an interesting, […]

Of Norseisism and Happy Scorn-Poles

«Hei Oslo! Dette er en blidstang.Jeg vender denne blidstang motdeg, fordi jeg haper du har en findag! Og jeg haper alle folka sombor her har en fin dag! Og jeg haperalle nissene, landvettene og andreander som bor her har en ekstraspesielt fin dag, sa de kan hjelperesten av oss med […]

Trollywood, Sweden is the Place to be

Trollhättan: the City of Trolls. Or more aptly, the City of Troll Hats, since that’s what its name actually means. It’s a hilly, craggy place, with a mighty river running through it, and in the olden days the rocks that protruded from the riverbed reminded the locals of the headgear […]